How to Thresh and Winnow Harvested Wheat by Hand

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Tip 1 - How do I thresh grain on a small scale?

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bill Stieber | permalink

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]

Tip 2 - Harvesting Wheat by Hand

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Amit Shaked | permalink

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

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Tip 3 - How to Thresh and Winnow Harvested Wheat By Hand | eHow

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ryan Blanc | permalink

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...

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Tip 4 - Growing grain—harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Francine Epstein | permalink

For further reading: http://www.groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/grow-your-own-grain-harvesting-threshing-and-storing ^[4]

Tip 5 - Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security -- How to Grow and Make Your Own Wheat Flour

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Toehby | 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 ^[5]