James planted way more wheat this year than he has in the past. While I was excited to have so much, I kept looking at it feeling just a bit overwhelmed when I thought about harvesting it. Today I decided to jump right in. I was afraid it might get too dry and drop to the ground if I waited too long. I wish I could have recorded the sound of the wheat crackling in the garden; kind of like Rice Krispies with milk on them. I don't know what causes it to make that noise but it's pretty neat.
In past years you may remember we put the cut wheat on a tarp and used our feet to thresh it. I checked out Youtube to see how others did it and came across a much faster way than dancing on it. It may sound like a big job to cut the wheat heads off with scissors like we do but it really doesn't take that long. Of course I only did 2 small gardens today and have lots left to do but I'm not feeling so overwhelmed anymore. This is just some of what's left to harvest.
I filled a trash can half full then took the weed eater to it till most of the seed heads were broken up.
Then I ran it through my hands in front of the fan and the berries would fall back into the trash can while the chaff blew away.
I got about 22 lbs of wheat berries from 2 small gardens. I probably have 5 times as much left to do.
In past years you may remember we put the cut wheat on a tarp and used our feet to thresh it. I checked out Youtube to see how others did it and came across a much faster way than dancing on it. It may sound like a big job to cut the wheat heads off with scissors like we do but it really doesn't take that long. Of course I only did 2 small gardens today and have lots left to do but I'm not feeling so overwhelmed anymore. This is just some of what's left to harvest.
Then I ran it through my hands in front of the fan and the berries would fall back into the trash can while the chaff blew away.
I got about 22 lbs of wheat berries from 2 small gardens. I probably have 5 times as much left to do.
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