Homemade mattress?

Lynne

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Hi WyoDreamer. Our hull mattresses make no noise that I can hear. The problem with buckwheat hull pillows is most companies use the wrong kind of fabric, usually a stiff fabric that when the hulls rub up against it, makes a noise. We use a stretchy double knit (thick and soft) organic cotton insert for our pillows with a case in the same fabric over that. Buckwheat hulls are my choice for mattresses (they are naturally flame resistant) but millet hulls make a much nicer pillow as they are smaller, softer and very quiet.
 

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You can grow millet & buckwheat. While the mattresses they made were much thinner than a commercial variety we buy now, they also used a flexible holder, not hard box.
 

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I grow buckwheat for the deer - and some for the birds. And I accidentally grew some millet where I spilled some of the feed for the guinea hens.

Maybe I will find some stretchy double knit cotton and try to remake the pillow. I really liked it, but needed more sleep than i was getting.
 

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You can grow millet & buckwheat. While the mattresses they made were much thinner than a commercial variety we buy now, they also used a flexible holder, not hard box.
We make full thickness mattresses from buckwheat hulls (5 1/2" thick) but yes, some companies still make buckwheat hull roll up style mats for sleeping but I find these are not supportive enough for sleeping.
 

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My mattress is stuffed with sand. It's very thin and pretty comfortable once you wiggle your body shape into it.
 
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WHAT? Really? Is it on a frame?

Yes it's on a standard box spring it's a quilted mattress sand is in between the sown quilts. It's very comfortable and cool in the summer. I've had it a very long time. My doctor recommended it after I had back surgery when I blew a disc out of my lower back (L2/L3).
 

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