On a Michiana Homestead

A Week Later - Same Tune, Different Verse

A week later same tune, different verse- oh the weather outside is frightful (again) but the beans inside (still) delightful - Ark of Taste variety White Marrowfat beans cooked with...

A Week Later - Same Tune, Different Verse

A week later same tune, different verse- oh the weather outside is frightful (again) but the beans inside (still) delightful - Ark of Taste variety White Marrowfat beans cooked with...

Seedy Anticipation

Packing Ugandan Bantu Beans on a snowy March 1st in prepartion for the Ohio Valley Seed Swap featuring John Coykendall, Sunday March 11th.

Seedy Anticipation

Packing Ugandan Bantu Beans on a snowy March 1st in prepartion for the Ohio Valley Seed Swap featuring John Coykendall, Sunday March 11th.

Ukrainka winter wheat

And so begins Mud Season!

Hello, After work, I was able to enjoy a walk through the newly melted gardens and enjoy the sun. Year to date, our weather station shows 1.7 inches of rain...

And so begins Mud Season!

Hello, After work, I was able to enjoy a walk through the newly melted gardens and enjoy the sun. Year to date, our weather station shows 1.7 inches of rain...

Adventures in dehulling "hulless" oats

Adventures in dehulling "hulless" oats

'Hulless oats' or streaker-type (nude) do have a loose 'hull', just to make the naming convention confusing.   However, they are so much easier to thresh free than regular oats, so...

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Adventures in dehulling "hulless" oats

'Hulless oats' or streaker-type (nude) do have a loose 'hull', just to make the naming convention confusing.   However, they are so much easier to thresh free than regular oats, so...

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Rubber dehulling plates in our Grainmaker No. 99 flour mill

Adventures in upland rice dehulling with the Gr...

General pictures of the dehulling plates and kit from when I dehulled barley are shown here.  The seed photographs were taken with this level of magnification using a soft white...

Adventures in upland rice dehulling with the Gr...

General pictures of the dehulling plates and kit from when I dehulled barley are shown here.  The seed photographs were taken with this level of magnification using a soft white...

Versatility at its Sweetest!

Chocolaty goodness with a healthy secret...

Versatility at its Sweetest!

Chocolaty goodness with a healthy secret...