SHTF and Grains

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Actually I think there are many battles over hemp here right now, lol. The only hemp product I've ever consumed was hemp milk, which was absolutely dreadful.

I have a friend though who makes hemp cord bracelets.

so u guys can grow it? from the internet stuff i looked up, because i wanted to leave all options open for self sufficientcy and so hemp seems like a powerful resource because it has many uses and the nutrition is almost the perfect complement to the human body compared to everything else which is very interesting.they even make cement for building out of it lol. makes you wonder why george washington said everyone should grow it, and why the gov doesnt allow it, i heard this was partly because of big business again in the cotton industry, paid the senators to not support it. in that case it seems quinoa, i totally forgot to grow it this year, i was so busy with school, maybe next year. i want to try rotation of crops so that it reduces pests and such, supposedly it helps.

 

[Neko-chan]

Yeah, I think one of the fights involved a woman growing it, because she was making those bags and bracelets etc. They think it's a drug because it's related to and looks like pot, but you'd have to smoke kilos of it to get any kind of buzz. Government is stupid.

 

[savingdogs]

I think my quinoa is ready to harvest! Since this quinoa survived not only the Pacific Northwest weather, but all the abuse Savingdogs gave it, it seems to be MY kinda quinoa and I should save these seeds.

Anyone care to tell me the proper way to do this? The tops of the plants look "done".

Wifezilla, these are some of the seeds you sent me,thanks again!

 

[dragonlaurel]

I want to grow some millet, amaranth and quinoa.
Here's some links. Some of them also cover how to process the grains later.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1999-06-01/Growing-Grains.aspx

http://www.motherearthnews.com/glut...growing-gluten-free-grains-in-the-garden.aspx

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/Growing-Wheat-Types-Of-Wheat.aspx

http://www.theecologist.org/green_g...8454/know_your_oats_grow_your_own_grains.html

http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/540/1/

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

i forgot to talk about the differnet wheats, theres winter and spring. i picked spring because it goes along with the rest on my planting, but winter is different....

 

[Neko-chan]

Spring and winter wheat have different gluten levels. I can't remember which is which, but I want to say winter wheat makes better bread flour, and spring wheat makes good pastry flour (less gluten).

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Spring and winter wheat have different gluten levels. I can't remember which is which, but I want to say winter wheat makes better bread flour, and spring wheat makes good pastry flour (less gluten).

yes that sounds familiar, but they have different planting dates supposedly, i just went with the spring because of convienience. ill see what happens with the ground flour lol...

 

[FarmerDenise]

I planted wheat for the first time last year. But I planted winter wheat in July. It grew well, but it didn't grow seeds. At some point we moved the goat pasture to where the wheat was growing and they loved eating it. It was the only really green strong forage growing in the spot, so it was still a good thing for us. We don't get rain in the summer, so there isn't much green in early fall, tht is why is was nice for us to have for the goats.

Quinoa would probably not grow well in our climate, so I tried amaranth last year. We got a late start and an early wet season. It got moldy This year I tried again. Our field got plowed earlier than ever We got several volunteer amaranth sprouts and I planted some in two different places. They are at different stages and all doing well. The goats and chickens love the greens and they can get nice and big. I took pics, but my camera is not working right and the pics didn't come out.

I dried the amaranth last year and most of the greens were fed to the critters, before it got moldy. This yer I plan on drying itagain and hopefully I will get the grain as well. The grain/seed sprouted, even tough it was moldy. Actually the seed tha was more moldy produced more seedlings. go figure

I would advise anyone to just go and try planting whatever seed you are feeding your critters. You never know just what will grow in your micro climate! And even though the seed may not be exactly what you want, you can learn from it.

The millet we are growing originally came from sprigs of millet we bought at on of our farm stores. The broom corn we grow, I bought about 15 or so years ago. The amaranth I purchased at a farmstand that sells a lot of cool foodstuffs.

Just start somewhere, I did and I keep doing it. It is fun to experiment. Take a chance. Last year I planted 3 buckwheat seeds. I picked them up at the fair the year before. I got enough seeds out of that to plant a whole row this year, found out what they look like and found that it is a good feed for the chickens. I did read tha tit may be poisonous for goats, so I will have to do more research on that.

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

what about Sorghum. what the heck is it and how do you grow it, from what i read it has a high sugar content like a sugar cane,like it can be used as a sugar, but then its lower growths contain cyaaaniddee and thats scary!!! what do you guys think, is it safe to grow and eat, it is another storage grain from what i have looked up. i would love to grow sugar cane, obviously im way north and it would die if i dont take it in, but it would be soooo cool lol.......but if there is a substitute that is like sugar and has real sugar molocules i would be interested in that because sorghum can be grown in less tropical conditions....

 

[sunsaver]

GNT, most refined white sugar in America is made from sugar beets, which are grown as far north as North Dakota.