How to Thresh and Winnow Harvested Wheat by Hand

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How do I thresh grain on a small scale? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Bill Stieber | permalink
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Easy-to-Thresh Grains vs. Not So Easy An important first step for the small-scale grower is choosing grain varieties that can be threshed without modern machinery, since some grains grow surrounded...

For further reading: http://www.islandgrains.com/how-do-i-thresh-grain-on-a-small-scale/ ^[1]

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Harvesting Wheat by Hand More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Amit Shaked | permalink
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I promised several people I'd do a post wherein I share our process of harvesting wheat by hand. Harvesting is actually a small part of the whole p...
Tags: harvesting wheat, hand harvesting, wheat, homesteading, grain production

For further reading: http://www.michaelbunker.com/harvesting-wheat-by-hand/ ^[2]

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How to Thresh and Winnow Harvested Wheat By Hand | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Ryan Blanc | permalink
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Growing your own wheat in a home landscape can provide the grain you desire for flour. Growing wheat in a smaller production scale enables you to thresh and winnow manually. Threshing involves separating the wheat kernels from the stalks after you harvest them from the soil. After you thresh the wheat, you must winnow it. Winnowing involves...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_2149113_thresh-winnow-harvested-wheat-hand.html ^[3]

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Growing grain—harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Francine Epstein | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/grow-your-own-grain-harvesting-threshing-and-storing ^[4]

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Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security -- How to Grow and Make Your Own Wheat Flour More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Toehby | permalink
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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 ^[5]

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1. http://www.islandgrains.com/how-do-i-thresh-grain-on-a-small-scale/

2. http://www.michaelbunker.com/harvesting-wheat-by-hand/

3. http://www.ehow.com/how_2149113_thresh-winnow-harvested-wheat-hand.html

4. http://www.groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/grow-your-own-grain-harvesting-threshing-and-storing

5. https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/homegrown-grains-key-food-security-how-grow-and-make-your-own-wheat-flour