So I bought a house last year in a subdivision.... I converted about 300 sq ft of my backyard into a garden. I planted my 1st crop the Friday before Christmas, and it had already started sprouting before Christmas. My first crop is wheat, and I plan on making my own flour after harvest. I am trying to become more self sufficient. I have seeds for vegetables and some melons that I plan on growing after I harvest the wheat along with a small amount of herbs.
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There was a suggestion by another member a while ago about how difficult it is to grow wheat in your yard to produce enough to sustain a family. The challenge is in plowing, planting, harvesting with limited equipment. The suggestion was that you can buy wheat and store it so much easier than growing it. (That is true of many things though, isn't it?) You can purchase it from a few sources, such as the LDS Bishop's storehouse. A 25 pound bag of wheat is not expensive and fits into a 5 gallon bucket. The suggestion at the time was it is easier to grow potatoes to sustain a family than wheat. The wheat can last for centuries if stored correctly. Just a thought for you!
There was a suggestion by another member a while ago about how difficult it is to grow wheat in your yard to produce enough to sustain a family. The challenge is in plowing, planting, harvesting with limited equipment. The suggestion was that you can buy wheat and store it so much easier than growing it. (That is true of many things though, isn't it?) You can purchase it from a few sources, such as the LDS Bishop's storehouse. A 25 pound bag of wheat is not expensive and fits into a 5 gallon bucket. The suggestion at the time was it is easier to grow potatoes to sustain a family than wheat. The wheat can last for centuries if stored correctly. Just a thought for you!
Wheat is easy to grow. But very hard to harvest and thresh properly without tons of labor. Can be done, but very time consuming
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Welcome from Kansas. I live in a big wheat growing area
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Back in 1975 a guy I knew started grinding his own wheat flour. He said it took some getting used to the taste and everyone in his family had diarrhea for several weeks due to the increase in their fiber intake.
He actually built a small grain mill and ground grains for his church.
Back in 1975 a guy I knew started grinding his own wheat flour. He said it took some getting used to the taste and everyone in his family had diarrhea for several weeks due to the increase in their fiber intake.
He actually built a small grain mill and ground grains for his church.
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I don't see any difference with our family and digestive issues. But I don't use straight up ground winter wheat berries. I have white berries stored, pastry berries, wheat/white berries, and winter red berries. Cut the white with the wheat and it tastes better. When buying bread, we buy stuff like Dave's Bread which is a pretty heavy bread.
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Hello and welcome from S.W. Oregon, we lived in the Pampa, TX area for less than a year, we brought a 50 pound bag of hard red winter wheat from that area and one year I planted about a 1/2 acre of it in our lower field, it was growing great until a neighbor' cow got into it and I took out all the plants, they never got heads but probably would have. I may still have some seed left somewhere around here, if I ever find them I might try growing a small amount.
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The hundred or so acres of winter wheat outside our front door, across the road, is finally starting to go dormant, losing it's green. It'll be a welcome green sight in spring. The first thing to be harvested here.
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