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Grains are among the easiest crops to grow and can be a new adventure for the home gardener. Many need little processing after harvest, and they bring beauty to the garden.
All gardeners should grow some grains and seed crops. They are easy to grow and maintain, as well as decorative and beautiful. Most varieties of modern grains, especially oats and barley, have been developed for machine processing. Our varieties are specifically chosen for the backyard gardener and small farms that don’t have specialized milling equipment. Learn to grow the grains for your bread in your own backyard.
Bountiful Gardens carries sized packets of grains suitable for small-scale, protein crop raising. Try your hand at designing and growing a complete small-scale diet in your backyard, using our book One Circle.
KUSA Seed Research Foundation
KUSA is a non-profit membership organization working to provide seed and information to the farming/gardening public, concerning traditional, unusual and rare crops that should not be lost to future generations.
For further information about the organization, go to: KUSA
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| Triticale, Juan |
X Triticosecale
Spring planted. This is a beautiful cereal plant. It has stiff, strong, tall straw of about 40” and stands sturdy with less lodging. High yielding. Good carbon crop.
Photos:
Grains grown at Golden Rule Farm, Willits |
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| GTR-7490
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| Triticale, Pika |
X Triticosecale
A bearded (awned) winter type, this grew over 6 feet tall and was very productive of both grain and straw in apprentice Bi-sek’s grain plots. Seed originally from Peters Seed and Research.
Photos taken at Golden Rule Farm, Willits |
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| GWH-7575
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| Wheat, Dylan Hard Red Spring, Modern Wheat |
Triticum aestivum
100-110 days. We are so honored to be able to offer this wheat, the product of farmers working together doing on-the-farm breeding for disease reisistance rather than depending on chemicals.. The mother plants were selected from the survivors of a scab outbreak by breeder Matt Bolding. Dylan has a large seed size and will achieve heights up to 3 feet. It does well in wet environments. 1250 seeds. |
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| GWH-7530
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| Wheat, Early Stone Age, Ancient |
T monococcum
Formerly Einkorn hornemanii. Limited production from our research garden. This rare, high-protein wheat (18.3% in an Ecology Action test) has two artistically-bearded seed rows to each seed head, with many seed heads per plant (up to 90 with wider spacings). Originally a widely cultivated variety in Switzerland, Spain, and the eastern Caucasus. Reportedly cultivated 7,500 - 12,000 years ago. A venerable, quality food source. Difficult to thresh and clean. Much higher in carotene than modern wheats. Spring planted.
Picture by Andrea Moro - GNU Free Documentation - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License |
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| GWH-7550
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| Kamut® Brand khorasan wheat, organic |
Triticum turgidum ssp. turanicum
Very beautiful seedheads with kernels 2-3 times the size of modern wheats. Similar to Durum. Prized for its high energy nutrition, easy digestibility, nutty/buttery taste, and firm texture. Higher in protein, selenium, amino acids, and vitamin E than most modern wheat. Used as whole grain berries or whole grain flour, and makes bread, superior pasta and puffed wheat. Some report that it is less allergenic. An ancient variety that probably originated in the Fertile Crescent, it is spring planted and very drought tolerant. In 1990, "KAMUT" was registered as a trademark by the Quinn family in order to support organic farming and preserve the ancient khorasan wheat variety. It is grown on dryland certified organic farms primarily in Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. This seed is sold for home garden use only. |
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| GWH-7570
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| Wheat, Hard Red Spring, Modern, Organic |
Triticum aestivum
Not as high yielding as winter wheat, but you are able to plant and harvest it in the same season. Very high in protein, generally over 12%. Plant around the date of the last killing frost, maturity by early Summer. |
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| GWH-7580
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| Wheat, Hard Red Winter, Modern |
Triticum aestivum
Higher yielding but less drought tolerant. Planted around the first fall frost, it will grow some then go dormant for the winter. Warm spring weather will cause rapid new growth, and harvest within two months. |
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| GWH-7525
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| Wheat, Red Vernal Emmer, Organic |
Triticum aestivum
110-125 days. A spring planted hulled or covered wheat that threshes with the hull intact. It is a landrace emmer that has been saved and maintained as a superior variety. Emmer can be planted when the soils warm in the spring (40 F) at the same time other spring grains are planted. It is later to mature than spring wheat (approximately 10-20 days later.) Red Vernal will reach the heading stage in 65-70 days with maturity in 110-125 days. It will get quite tall; average height is 42 inches. Plants will lodge under high fertility. Does well in drier environments. Hull color is yellow. 150 seeds
Photo by Franco Giordana-GNU Free Documentation - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
Additional photos:
Illustration-Hitchcock_AS-rev_Chase.jpg
Seeds - Steve_Hurst.jpg
Growing wheat - -A_Moro.jpg |
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