From seed to loaf (part 1 of 2) allotment scale production of bread making wheat

[obiehax]

this video is sad

[n4pgamer]

Minecraft led me here ^^

[paulgem123]

Awesome wheat crop! Thanks for sharing.

[777neotamakachi777]

Brilliant and inspiring!

I just watched both parts, amazing!

I take my hat off to you, I believe it is safe to say that you have everyone's respect here on youtube!

Please keep making videos like this, thank you for sharing.

[Efarmhk]

I am an organic farmer in Hong Kong and I really appreciate that you share with us your experience. In Hong Kong, farm are very small, usually about 15000 sq ft, we have to do most of the jobs by hand. Your hand made machinery do give us a lot of inspiration. thanks Teresa

[bryncomeaux]

yeah but dosent that cost more than just buying bread? Isin't it more work? Just kidding.

[TheGreatTamara]

How many loaves do you usually get from that size of field?

[seedtray1]

@TheGreatTamara A good yield will give around 50 small loaves.

[rickvanman]

Whats the name of the device you use at 07:38?

[seedtray1]

@rickvanman I am not sure which piece of equipment you refer to as part one of the video ends at 7.38. Perhaps you could let me know the time sequence in the video from – min to – min.

[rickvanman]

@seedtray1 Bizzare that I wrote 7:38! I meant to say: 1:44 , but then you say it later on; a "push hoe". Thanks for getting back to me anyway.

[jnote37]

Thanks for posting your video. From seed to your wonderful looking bread. I learned something from watching your videos.

[rrhase]

threashing. Once again, thank you for your inspiration. That was an experiance I never want to miss in my life.

Roesberger Ralf

[seedtray1]

@rrhase Thank you for your comments. I am working on another video but it is going to take some time to complete. I hope to finish it sometime in the winter of 2012. I am glad you enjoyed the experience of growing your own wheat and reconnecting to the land. All the best and take care.

[rrhase]

harvesting quite hard. For the wheat, I used a self made threashingmaschie. Not as sophisticated as yours, but it made it's job. I have seen, you gave a building instruction for your type of threashing maschine on the internet. But I would appreciate a more closely look into the system by a video here on youtube. That would help me, improving my own "invention". May be, you are interested in my "cerial production" in my garden. There are severel videos on my channel, from seeding til

[rrhase]

Hello

Your video has inspired me to try it myself. I have tried 50 m2 of wheat and 50 m2 of rye. I was realy impressed by the sight of my own small field in my garden. And I have learned, how much work it is, to produce my own bread and I'm admiering our ancesters who have done it this way for centurys. The harvest was 35 Kilo of whaet and 30 Kilo of rye. Threashing was qute hard for me. Rye, I have threashed with a flail because a storm has put the stalks to the ground, which made

[crazymoo56]

Makes me wish i had an allotment, but the nearest one is a couple of miles away and i have no transportation. I only have a small garden but i make the most of it. I was thinking of growing a little wheat. I have some seed already. You video makes me want to even more!

[mugsyjeff]

WOW, this is fantastic, that thumb down must have been an accident

[liberalboi]

Hella cool

[reym4ever]

I thought this was minecraft >_>

[TheLovelyLadyE]

I appreciate this video more than I expected to. I'm a college student and ran across this video while researching the benefits of whole grain. I'm also overweight and want to begin a healthier lifestyle. For me, this means a complete "re-wiring" of my thinking (and taste buds!). I have to learn to appreciate the taste of fresh, whole foods and break a life-long relationship with the processed food industry. I greatly admire your lifestyle and the simple satisfaction of working the land.

[littlechefxxx]

how much wheat dose ur plot produces .

[seedtray1]

@littlechefxxx Yields vary but I can get 25kg from 55 m2 (about one small wholemeal loaf per square meter)

[MrNewaccount101]

Very informative.

[armystrong9997]

great video, but i have a question, is the rest of the stalk of wheat that isnt threshed hay??

[psychochickendelivry]

@armystrong9997 hay is dryed medow grass. straw is the stalk.

[KallyJones]

Where's the best place to get non-GMO wheat seeds?

[seedtray1]

@KallyJones In the USA try Johnnyseeds or bountifulgardens

[RocketCityGardener]

Thank you for your time in making these videos. Please make more. Very informative.

[c21cg]

WONDERFUL videos!  Thank you so much.... from Texas

[pancakedelight]

awesome guide, thank you sir

[Hetman1974]

They stil grow crops the old way with hand sowing and scything, using horse and dray in Ukraine. I know I was there and helped harvest. They have solar power cottages and satelite TV with 3000 channels. Gasoline is too expensive and they use a community bus for weekend town shopping (Essentials not Branded Sunglasses and other rubbish)

They are ahead of the USA and UK by 100 years.

[seedtray1]

@Hetman1974 I sense you have a well-founded concern over mankind’s plunder and misuse of the earth’s natural resources (particularly oil & other fossil fuels). I am now harvesting using an Austrian scythe, I am still learning but find this scythe so much better than a brush cutter and just as quick. I intend to convert the threshing machine and tiller to run on solar power using a 12 V ¾ Hp DC motor & 12 V battery. (Unfortunately, I don’t have enough land to keep a horse)

[Hetman1974]

The stil grow crops the old way with hand sowing and scything, using horse and dray in Ukraine. I know I was there and helped harvest. They have solar power cottages. Gasoline is too expensive and they use a community bus for weekend town shopping (Essentials not Branded Sunglasses and other rubbish)

They are ahead of the USA bu 100 years.

[fifthavenuegirl]

Thank you so much for doing this video. You didn't have to but you did and it is appreciated

[cool70200]

nice video, thx

[johnbleeker]

I was so happy to find your video about growing wheat....... THANKS A MILLION

[fbackes1]

I grew a small plot of wheat this year and came across your video whilst researching methods for threshing. You've done an excellent job, and the improvements you made over the previous model seem to work quite well! Thank you so much for posting the videos. Is there any hope of your making some simple shop drawings available for others to copy your design?

[seedtray1]

@fbackes1 I am in the process of putting something together on the construction of the thresher but it will take a few more months before its finished. In the meantime, you could keep an eye out for an old (push type) lawn mower that has a steel roller at the rear. The roller usually has a 3/4” shaft with a sprocket and chain drive to the cutting blades. This roller will become the threshing drum and all the other components of the thresher are made to suit the dimensions of this drum.

[SmithPLovatt]

@seedtray1: Lovely video and as a fellow small-scale cereal grower of some years trying I endorse your methods. My only suggestion: instead of the dryer, on a sunny September day, spread the grain out on tarmac or a flat roof - a few hours in the sun is sufficient. I'd like to see the drawings of the machine but fear I do not have your amazing engineering skills. I've found the Prehistoric (as documented by J Ceasar) method of snapping off the ears then hand/foot threshing quite efficient.

[rockandrope]

Fantastic it's people doing this sort of thing that gives me the belief that the industrial factory 'bread' you get in supermarkets etc won't kill off the craft of REAL bread making

Thanks a million!

[seedtray1]

@rockandrope Thanks for your comment, I sense we have the same low opinion of the industrial factory stuff on the bread shelves of supermarkets. One day I may get into to using a sourdough starter, as opposed to shop bought dried yeast. Then I think the artisan bakers would call it REAL bread.

[thenodnarb]

Perhaps you can help me. I planted early in march, and it is now may, and my crop grew about 6" and stopped. I planted a similar sized lot as yours, but I tried my hand at broad casting. Perhaps I planted too much. This is my first year planting this plot, perhaps it needs fertilizer? I water every 2 or 3 days. It is staying green, but not growing. I have 4 blades that are twice the size off all the others and growing heads the rest look like thick garden grass. Did I plant the wrong variety?

[seedtray1]

@thenodnarb You may have planted a variety of winter wheat instead of spring wheat. Winter wheat requires a period of cold weather to initiate flowering. If you planted spring wheat it would not be heading yet, I suggest you visit the web site- wheat doctor to learn more about wheat growth stages etc. Hope this is of help to you.

[knokidn]

what was your yield (what you planted compaired to what you harvested im very impresed with you equipment thank you

[seedtray1]

@knokidn I planted 1 kg over 55 m2 and harvested 25 kg

[1dschamp]

@seedtray1 remarkable!!

[brad238899]

This music makes me want to fall asleep.

[AlZaydInnovations]

Bravo, Thank you for your most relevant and timely contribution. Many gardeners and small scale farmers feel somewhat daunted when it comes to growing wheat as industrial agriculture has provided wheat for long enough that the skill, knowledge and expertise has almost disappeared. Your presentation is informative and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the process.

[seedtray1]

@AlZaydInnovations Thank you for your comment. The systematic loss of (once commonplace) practical skills and knowledge is a very worrying trend. Fortunately, the internet can provide a sort of collective memory or lifeboat for such skills and knowledge.

[lutetube88]

Thank you for the response. I have grown some red fife the last couple of years, only have a hand full of seed, though trying to increase seed. I am also trying to grow some Red Lammas!

[lutetube88]

Hi, enjoyed your videos! May I ask what type of wheat variety arer you growing, nice long wheat heads! I collect old varirties of wheat so im cureous...thanks!

[seedtray1]

Its a modern variety paragon, this year I am also trying some red fife, April bearded, atle and ile de noe

[seedtray1]

You need to plant a wheat suitable for bread making try google search brow farm wheat products

[powerspade]

Were do you get your seed from please?, I have been interested in growing wheat and I have talked to farmers in Abergavenny but they are so secretive they will not tell me I have tried arigculture seedsmen but they will only sell in large bulk quantites I`m only looking for a couple of kllos of seed