oldmobie's Doings

[Joseph Lofthouse]

My first impression was also rye, but if it's from Steev, I'm wondering if it's Einkorn wheat? Small, thin heads and seeds may confirm my guess.

[oldmobie]

Jun 26, 2018 1:42:01 GMT -5 Joseph Lofthouse said:

My first impression was also rye, but if it's from Steev, I'm wondering if it's Einkorn wheat? Small, thin heads may confirm my guess.

Wow. I have seed for that too. Looks like I got it from kazedwards.

[Joseph Lofthouse]

If it's Cache Valley rye, I'd expect plants to be about 4-5 feet tall, and for seeds to be large, hull-less, and freely threshing. I expect einkorn to be about 2.5 feet tall, with seeds that are hulled, small, and hard to thresh.

[oldmobie]

Jun 26, 2018 1:49:38 GMT -5 Joseph Lofthouse said:

If it's Cache Valley rye, I'd expect plants to be about 4-5 feet all, and for seeds to be large, hull-less, and freely threshing. I expect einkorn to be about 2.5 feet tall, with seeds that are hulled, and hard to thresh.

It's about chest to shoulder high, right in that 4'-5' zone.

[steev]

Don't sell ergotism short; it can also lead to loss of extremities; without its medieval presence, the paintings of Hieronimous Bosch would have much less pizazz.

[oldmobie]

Either I finally learned how to garlic, or that thing Westley told Woody about solar energy on a canine's gluteous maximus has a bit of truth to it.

[oldmobie]

The rye (and some other grains) finally seemed ripe. The heads and the straw turned brown. I got a little bit of grain that threshed out fairly easily. Like a ½ teaspoon. It was a small planting. The part that didn't thresh out easily went in the goat bucket. Might as well favor the easy stuff in future plantings. There are still a bunch of green heads out there, so I imagine there'll be more. The rye only had the ergot in it. I couldn't find any grain in it. I threw that in the trash to burn. No way is the goat gonna get ahold of that. I still feel bad about the rhubarb...

I wanted to test the theory that animals know which plants are bad for them and won't eat them, or will eat very small amounts medicinally. I let him take one bite off of a leaf. Then I got my shirt caught on the fence and he took another while I was distracted. About thirty minutes later, he was flat on his side, bloated, (His belly was hot.) breathing hard, making a kind of crying noise. And getting hammered by the biggest ram, who's usually the beta. He thought this was his chance to be the alpha. I helped the goat lay upright, kinda propped against my leg, and kept the ram away. In a little while he quit leaning on me, and about ten minutes later, he got up. Within a few more minutes, he seemed fine. On the plus side, I think that may have wormed him.

I finally found neem oil for sale. (I hate shopping online for things I'm not familiar with.) I sprayed the squash and cukes with it once. Now we're suddenly starting to get the rain we've needed. I don't complain about getting rain, but I sure wish I'd had neem sooner. It looks as though the squash are at least acting as a trap crop to help protect the cukes.

[oldmobie]

As mentioned before, some potatoes volunteered in the bed where I planted tomatoes. I wondered how they'd react to the manure I put down for the tomatoes. When the plants got taller than I've ever seen before, I wondered if I was getting spuds, or just big plants. Well...

Got curious and dug two hills. I only found this.



Oh, and this.



They ain't Biff Tannen spuds. Biggest I've ever grown. I guess they'll get the manure from now on.

[oldmobie]

About that six pack of Beauregard I bought in the spring... they made it.

Better production than I hoped in the aquaponics.



Found a few missed potatoes among them.



I got at least one seed back from growing peanuts in my aquaponics grow bed.