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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ancient Grains



Spring is nigh.

By nigh, I mean buried somewhere under a foot of snow.

Ancient stirrings within are prodding to embrace the tilthe. Cast the harvest of last fall back to the terra.

A row of carrots and a row of beets yet remain in the garden un-earthed from last year. They will produce seed this year. I have never actually seen how carrot or beet seed develops. This year will be a first.

I'm also eager to invest my energy and interest in ancient touchstones of the human existance. Namely, wheat. Specifically; khorasan wheat from Egypt, ethiopian blue tinged wheat, and Einkorn, the most ancient of all wheats.

This effort is to preserve the ancient varieties and eventually...bake a loaf of bread.

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