Farm Journal -- Wheat Planting
I planted the organic, non-GMO white winter wheat yesterday evening in the main field in front of the house. I ordered a couple pounds, but it only covered about half the field. Since I don't have a drill seeder, I had to broadcast spread it. I then disced it in with the tractor. Apparently, that's how wheat used to be planted before technology changed it all.
I wanted to beat the rain we're supposed to get in the next couple days. It's also supposed to be warm, which will help germination, though as I understand it, winter wheat will germinate at temperatures as low as 40 degrees F.
Depending on how it grows, I will eventually need to have a flail party. For anyone who might be interested, this is a decent article that explains how you flail wheat. I still have tons of sod that I haven't killed off yet, so I don't know how well the wheat will grow this winter. I'm news to this, too, so I will just have to wait and see how things evolve.
I also planted the organic, non-GMO chicken forage seeds, which I purchased from Peaceful Valley. This is actually for the turkeys, who are eating so much I'll have to make a special trip up to Pennsylvania to pick up more feed. I called McGeary on Monday, but since they make it all by hand on-demand, I have to wait until Friday before I can pick it up.
That's about all that is going on here. I have bad, bad poison ivy again. I think I got it when I was moving birds around. I love summer, but I like winter and fall better because I seem to get poison ivy less than.
I wanted to beat the rain we're supposed to get in the next couple days. It's also supposed to be warm, which will help germination, though as I understand it, winter wheat will germinate at temperatures as low as 40 degrees F.
Depending on how it grows, I will eventually need to have a flail party. For anyone who might be interested, this is a decent article that explains how you flail wheat. I still have tons of sod that I haven't killed off yet, so I don't know how well the wheat will grow this winter. I'm news to this, too, so I will just have to wait and see how things evolve.
I also planted the organic, non-GMO chicken forage seeds, which I purchased from Peaceful Valley. This is actually for the turkeys, who are eating so much I'll have to make a special trip up to Pennsylvania to pick up more feed. I called McGeary on Monday, but since they make it all by hand on-demand, I have to wait until Friday before I can pick it up.
That's about all that is going on here. I have bad, bad poison ivy again. I think I got it when I was moving birds around. I love summer, but I like winter and fall better because I seem to get poison ivy less than.