Grains. 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 (from breadinfo.com) Planting a plot approximately 10 feet by 10 feet will, when all is said and done, yield between 10 and 25 loaves of bread. To begin, find a nice backyard plot and choose the type of wheat you wish to plant. In the United States two varieties are grown, white and red. Red wheat is more common. Winter wheat can be planted from late-September to mid-October. Finding a source for seeds can be a problem. Try to plant the seed on good rich soil. HARVEST, THRESH AND WINNOW YOUR WHEAT Wheat harvest usually occurs in June when the wheat begins to turn a golden color but still has a few streaks of green.
Keep the heads dry, then thresh and winnow at your leisure. "The pancake patch? " "Yeah. Amaranth. How to grow amaranth, why, what to do with it Growing amaranth is possible all year round in the tropics.
That's one of the reasons it is an essential and ubiquitous plant in my permaculture garden. Here are some more good reasons to grow amaranth plants: It's a very nutritious leaf and grain. It makes yummy spinach. What is amaranth? Most people I talk to have never heard of amaranth, yet amaranth is a leaf vegetable and grain that has been eaten for centuries all over the world.
Amaranth seeds have been used since ancient times in Central and Latin America and in the countries of the Himalayas. The green-leaved varieties are popular in India and other places, the Chinese prefer their amaranth red-leaved and amaranth grain once was a staple in the diets of pre-Columbian Aztecs. Amaranth and nutrition Technically amaranth is a seed not a grain.
The amaranth family (Amaranthaceae) includes the previously separate family of the beets and spinaches, the Chenopodiaceae. How to grow Amaranth. Amaranth and Quinoa. Recipes There are so many similarities between quinoa (keen' wah) and amaranth that it seems appropriate to describe them together.
Quinoa, however, is a cool weather crop and amaranth is a warm weather one. Quinoa and amaranth are two very old, high-protein plants that hail from South America. They were held sacred in ancient Inca and Aztec cultures. Both now hold great potential for self-sustaining gardens in the northern hemisphere. Quinoa and amaranth are treated as grains although they have broad leaves, unlike the true grains and corn, which are grasses.
Both quinoa and amaranth are quite adaptable, disease-free and drought-tolerant plants. The wild relatives of both amaranth and quinoa have long been familiar to North American gardeners and are often called by the same name of pigweed. Most cultivars of amaranth and quinoa grow four- to eight-feet high and, when in flower, are majestic plants whose presence emits a special radiance in any garden. Soil Preference Varieties Sowing.