How to Grow Wheat for Food

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Tip 1 - Growing Wheat of Your Own

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Levina Li | permalink

Don't assume growing wheat is an activity best suited to the vast plains of Kansas and Nebraska. Planting a few pounds of seeds in your garden can yield eight times as much edible grain.
Tags: Growing Wheat, Types Of Wheat, Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, Harvesting Grain, Grinding Grain, The Backyard Homestead, Homegrown Whole Grains, Organic Gardening

For further reading: http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/growing-wheat-zmaz10fmzraw.aspx ^[1]

Tip 2 - From Field to Flour: How to Grow Wheat

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mc Bee Butcher | permalink

Learn about the types of wheat and how to grow wheat in your garden or on your homestead.
Tags: How To Grow Wheat, Types Of Wheat, Growing Wheat, Wheat Varieties, Jack Lazor, Emmer, Spelt, Einkorn, Spring Wheats, Winter Wheats, Durum Wheats, Ancient Wheats, Organic Grain, Soil Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Green Manure, Grain Mills, Grain Screens, Threshing, Thresher, Dehulling, Winnowing, Dehullers, Real Food, Organic Gardening

For further reading: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/garden-planning/how-to-grow-wheat-zm0z14amzbla.aspx ^[2]

Tip 3 - Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security -- How to Grow and Make Your Own Wheat Flour

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Diane Daych | permalink

Freshly ground wheat flour has a high vitamin content; vitamins that degrade all too quickly when exposed to the air. The whole grain flour that we buy from stores is often quite stale and may have significantly reduced vitamin content when compared to freshly ground. GROW YOUR OWN WHEAT

For further reading: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/homegrown-grains-key-food-security-how-grow-and-make-your-own-wheat-flour ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Make a Winter Wheat Food Plot for Deer

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Brandon Kuhl | permalink

This instructable is how to make a basic deer food plot using wheat seed. I wanted to share my knowledge with this simple farming technique that can m...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Winter-Wheat-Food-Plot-for-Deer/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Grow Your Own Food

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Len Di Giovanni | permalink

For all of human history, people have managed to feed themselves, either by fishing, hunting, gathering and/or subsistence farming. Now, with large-scale food production, gardening is often only a hobby. But growing one's own food could...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Your-Own-Food ^[5]