On a Michiana Homestead
Garden Grown Wheat - Not Just for Flour!
Our bountiful harvest of grains this year has us exploring new ways to enjoy them. On a circuitous journey through the rabbit hole of online recipes, a sweet use of...
Garden Grown Wheat - Not Just for Flour!
Our bountiful harvest of grains this year has us exploring new ways to enjoy them. On a circuitous journey through the rabbit hole of online recipes, a sweet use of...

Garden Patrol
One of our Narragansett turkey mamas has successfully hatched her clutch of eggs. She now brings the family into the grain yard to forage for dropped grains.
Garden Patrol
One of our Narragansett turkey mamas has successfully hatched her clutch of eggs. She now brings the family into the grain yard to forage for dropped grains.

Progression of grain harvest: wheat & barley (2...
Oldest entries at the bottom, latest harvest at the top. August 3 Last of the Gopal Barley (B15) Last of the Yavaros 79 Wheat (W23) More of the Serra Wheat...
Progression of grain harvest: wheat & barley (2...
Oldest entries at the bottom, latest harvest at the top. August 3 Last of the Gopal Barley (B15) Last of the Yavaros 79 Wheat (W23) More of the Serra Wheat...

How is our Spring progressing?
As I was looking over photos from last May, I saw that my winter wheat was forming a significant number of heads on 26-May-2017. Comparing that with the progress of...
How is our Spring progressing?
As I was looking over photos from last May, I saw that my winter wheat was forming a significant number of heads on 26-May-2017. Comparing that with the progress of...

Beets--Our Next Challenge
Fodder beets have a history as far back as the 1500's in Europe both as a animal food source, and in times of need, for people as well. Washington State...
Beets--Our Next Challenge
Fodder beets have a history as far back as the 1500's in Europe both as a animal food source, and in times of need, for people as well. Washington State...
Cover cropping for soil health
Last summer, I grew spring wheat and barley in this plot. The soil here has a fair amount of clay and little organic matter as it was created from left...
Cover cropping for soil health
Last summer, I grew spring wheat and barley in this plot. The soil here has a fair amount of clay and little organic matter as it was created from left...