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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 10:57:07 PM
Be working on your computer in the middle of a wheat field. Today was just that sort of day for me. This is my dad in the swather. This wheat straw is sold to mushroom farmers.
 This is my dad driving the swather...
These are balers:
The perfect afternoon!
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
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| Carrie W |
Posted - Dec 14 2009 : 5:37:35 PM
I found this rather old post while I was just surfing through topics and it brought back a memory of my hometown, Cambridge, New York. We had a mushroom farm there when I was graduating from highschool. It was a pretty big business and employed many of the locals, particularly people my age who were staying close to home and needed work. I never worked there myself, but I knew a lot of people who did. It burned down, tragically, and was never rebuilt; quite a loss to our small town!
When I grew up I met the son of the man who owned the mushroom farm. He's a neat guy...he used to supply the hay for the farm (just like Rene's Dad is doing in the photos!!!). He still does field work and is experimenting with Rye. Just this fall he harvested his crop, separated the grains, ground them, and passed the flour on to a friend of his who baked bread from the rye flour in her clay bread oven!! Isn't that so cool??? They gathered for dinner and enjoyed the fruits of their labors together.
Maybe it is because we now live life on such a large, global scale, that I find this very simple task of growing rye and baking bread so absolutely awesome...gives me goosebumps and makes me want to go scatter some rye seed so that I can bake and eat some bread myself! I am blessed to have these kinds of people in my life...ones that still enjoy the majestically simple, natural things in life!
Thanks for the photos, Rene, and for the lovely memories it brought to mind!
Carrie
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Oct 01 2009 : 3:18:59 PM
Well gals, things are pretty darn good when I can sit in the comfort of my sewing room and talk to so many of you. That's the farmgirl advantage. As Rene says:Circumstances made us FRIENDS; Maryjanesfarm made us sisters. I grew up all alone. It's great to have SISTERS!
Bonnie Ellis
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 01 2009 : 09:52:17 AM
Hi Paulette... Email me at rene@maryjanesfarm.org
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Rene'Groom~
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Oct 01 2009 : 08:51:47 AM
quote:
Originally posted by gramadinah
Rene' one more question I have seen the trucks with the wheat going to the silos how clean is that wheat at that time is it ready to be ground into flour?
I ask because I have a small farm right around the cornerfrom me and he has put the fields into wheat and was wondering if I got a bucket of it would I be able to ground into flour just like it is or are there other process that it goes through.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273
Did you find some wheat to grind?
I get my wheat to grind directly from a friend who is a farmer. You need to be sure you get the right kind of wheat. He trades me wheat for eggs all year. It works out perfectly for us. He brings me Hard Red Wheat which is one of the usual kinds ground for flour. I live in SE WA and most of the wheat grown around us is soft white which is mostly used for pasta I believe. Sometimes the wheat he brings is very clean and other times I have to clean it by hand. If I do that I also wash it and dry it in my dehydrator. Sounds a little labor intensive I know, but it makes the most wonderful bread.
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 08:36:24 AM
We are getting a cold SNAP here too....
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJanesFarm made us SISTERS :)
Rene'Groom~
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 8:02:50 PM
Life is good when you get the vegies in before the frost. Tonight's the night. Come's early in Minnesota
Bonnie Ellis
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| peapicker |
Posted - Sep 14 2009 : 6:23:10 PM
Thanks Rene, I love the pictures and info. Just to let you know when my hubby caught a glance of the photos he had to check it out. He can spot tractor sighting in an instant. I had some of the same questions as Diana. So if anyone wanted to grow their own wheat it would be quite a chore I guess to get it into usable form.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault |
| Paulette Rees-Denis |
Posted - Sep 14 2009 : 3:20:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ruralfarmgirl
Be working on your computer in the middle of a wheat field. Today was just that sort of day for me. This is my dad in the swather. This wheat straw is sold to mushroom farmers.
This is my dad driving the swather...
These are balers:
The perfect afternoon!
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
www.MaryJanesFarm.com/RFBlog/
www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :)
Rene, trying to get in touch with you!
searching for the private email :)
Paulette here, the tattooed bellydancing farmgirl!
paulette@gypsycaravan.us
Farmgirl Sister #521
farmgirrrl divas,
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 07:35:18 AM
Hi Diana~ Make sure to report back...How are things anyway????
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
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www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 07:30:51 AM
I am going to try it.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 12:23:36 PM
Diana~
No~ Usually it hasnt been cleaned or seperated at that point. You could however get some that way, but just know that it will have a lot of chaff, etc. You are probably better off to go to your local health food store and buy some~ it will be called Wheat Berries. :), but diana, if you want to use the neighbors then do so.. get some cheese clothe, dump the wheat on it, and take a blow dryer to it... on low as to not blow the kernals, but to get rid of the dirt and chaff.... Let me know how it goes... R
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
www.MaryJanesFarm.com/RFBlog/
www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 08:34:23 AM
Rene' one more question I have seen the trucks with the wheat going to the silos how clean is that wheat at that time is it ready to be ground into flour?
I ask because I have a small farm right around the cornerfrom me and he has put the fields into wheat and was wondering if I got a bucket of it would I be able to ground into flour just like it is or are there other process that it goes through.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 07:44:12 AM
Claudia~ It IS alot of fun isnt it.. seems weird that we can be dangling our toes in the lake and surfing the web.
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
www.MaryJanesFarm.com/RFBlog/
www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| Claude09647 |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 12:43:41 PM
That is just great!!!! I have one of those PC cards that allow me to get net anywhere i get cellphone service, i have used my computer in the parlor while the bf was milking! I love technology
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 2:49:54 PM
Diana,
Good question. The Wheat straw breaks down a lot slower than some other materials. I put it down between rows in my strawberry beds because it breaks down so slow. So if you dont mind the slow breakdown then I would say ya.
The wheat isnt milled locally but rather sold to a broker and then purchased that way.
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
www.MaryJanesFarm.com/RFBlog/
www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 1:28:44 PM
Rene' I have often wondered if the wheat straw would be a good additive to a garden. I don't have much in the way of grass clippings and thought that the wheat that the swather kicks out and puts back to the ground would be great on top of the newspapers for a garden?
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 10:39:49 AM
Wow Rene: we have raised mushrooms at home but never imagined the materials on such a grand scale. What beautiful fields.
Life is good when you can harvest two raspberry crops in Minnesota. They are just thick this year. I think we will have an early winter here too and perhaps a cold one. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. I'm not ready just yet.
Bonnie Ellis #298
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 07:19:35 AM
That does look like the perfect afternoon. I would love to ride in one of those big machines one day. I get my wheat to make bread with from somewhere in Montana. Where does ya'lls go to? I wonder if I might have your wheat.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 08:02:19 AM
Thanks Gals~
Alee... LOVE the air card it fits my gyspy soul....
I love flying when you can see the "patchwork" of the ground below~ so beautiful
Rene'Groom
the artist formerly known as Prince. I mean PROSSERFARMGIRL (that will only be funny to some).
Sister #185
www.MaryJanesFarm.com/RFBlog/
www.Twitter.com/RuralFarmgirl
www.RuralandRaw.blogspot.com
www.RuralFarmGirl.blogspot.com
www.FarmGirlsFarm.blogspot.com
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 07:58:46 AM
Oh, cool!!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 07:51:39 AM
That is great Rene!! I want one of those air cards! It would make life SOOO much easier, and more fun too!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 07:48:29 AM
thanks Rene....great pics!
Linda in Scranton, PA
"I dare you to scare yourself with how beautiful you are."
Rob Brezsny from http://freewillastrology.com/home.shtml
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 07:42:25 AM
I think that would be great to take part in. I just got to fly over the Palouse and was thinking how it looks so much like a giant quilt.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
