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All Things Gardening forum
Cereal Grains for Yard & Garden
1st pic - Awnless Winter Wheat
2nd pic - Awnless Winter Wheat after selectively harvesting. Only the completely straw-colored seed heads were harvested, which showed no green tinge.
3rd pic - Kitty standing guard by the first bagful of harvested Awnless Winter Wheat.
4th pic - Pima Club Wheat
5th pic - Kitty laying low, watching out for grain pilferers.
6th pic - Oats
7th pic - Full Pint Barley
8th pic - "Wild Barley" (Hordeum murinum)
9th pic - "Wild Barley" (Hordeum murinum)
10th pic - "Wild Barley" (Hordeum murinum)
11th pic - Awned Wheat which has re-seeded (or re-sown) itself for the 3rd year in the same location.
12th pic - Bags of harvested grains with select seed heads in plastic containers, which will be used as reference. A Corona grain mill (1970s vintage) stands at the ready. The grains will be tested for hardness - if too soft to be milled into flour, they will be allowed to set in the bags for a few days to harden up.
