On Our homestead
GLSS at MIFFS - March 2024!
The pdf of our presentation at MIFFS' 20th Annual Michigan Family Farms Conference given Saturday March 9th; as well as feedback from session attendees.
Our 2024 Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference Presentation
The pdf of our presentation at Marbleseed's 35th Annual Organic Farming Conference given Saturday February 24th; as well as feedback from session attendees.
Adventures in spelt & dinkel dehulling
Ancient grains such as spelt (dinkel) present a challenge in the homestead kitchen as the kernels are tightly hulled. This blog will share my experiments in dehulling spelt.
GLSS's 2023 SARE grant proposal was funded!
Our 2023 SARE grant proposal: "Predictive yields for small-scale staple crop production in North Central States using common homestead equipment and minimal inputs" was funded!
Progression of grain harvest: wheat, barley, rye, oats, triticale (2023)
I use this kind of blog to remember all the things that I think I can remember, but actually probably won't! This year I'll use the date of the first major harvest, so each grain ought to appear one time (except for those I forgot to type in). The ripening was running 8 days behind 2022. August 16th Found my missing XTS Pronghorn Triticale August 8th At last, the harvest season of 'grains' is finished. Next is garlic and onions. Finished the White and Blue Emmer SRWF-27 Nured Zhukovsky August 5th XTF18 Swedish Triticale BS-27 Sardinian Barley...