Whitetail deer in wheat field.
Richard in his beautiful wheat field.
Richard’s started harvesting our spring wheat which, thanks to plentiful rain and no hail, stands hip-high and golden. He took the camera along this morning and captured a shot which gave a whole new definition to BuckWheat! Maybe that should be a new Cream of [...]
“We’re sleeping outside tonight so we can watch the stars before it gets too cold,” Richard announced. By dusk we were packing a mattress and sleeping bags from the attic to the east yard to set up our star gazing post. Although we’d planned to share our backyard adventure with our dog and cat, they stood [...]
Wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, and barley convert into grain products, like pasta, grits, tortillas, breakfast cereals, bread and oatmeal. While researching the food pyramid (www.mypyramid.gov/), I found that grains are separated into whole grains and refined grains.
Refined grains lose some of their vitamins and fiber and, then, need to be enriched afterward. Some argue that texture [...]