So I have a grainmaker grain mill and part of the reason I chose their model as opposed to a diamante or a country living is they have a hulling plate attachment which is just like the steel grinding plates except they have a rubber like material glued to it and it apparently works quite well for hulling wheat or bread grains. I assume it would work perfectly well for rice.
Amaranth has a very high yield and is much easier to harvest than Quinoa. I experimented with it this year. Grew wonderfully in compacted clay soil even!
That's a great concoction for rice as I watch you I thought perhaps if the rice grains is dried nice and tosty the chaff will be easier to crunch of ....I from trinidad were my in laws grew rice Nad the dried them really really toasty in the sun then grind it...I hope this helps Great job 😂
I never grew rice, but have grew oats. I separated the hulls from the oat ears/ berries with what I call a hand Tribulum. Fyi, we get the word Tribulation from the farming tool, Tribulum. Tribulum is a heavy board with rock or shells embedded on one side. the farm would ride the Tribulum behind a mule or ox. I made one with hardware cloth in a box with a hole in the middle of the box under the hardware cloth. I would rub the oats on the hardware cloth and in the box. the grain would fall through the hole. I would winnow the grain. the chaff and bad grain would be blown away by the fan, as I drop the grain in front of the fan. I would do this several times. I learned a lot by doing this method. Major Bible patterns here.
You could try scalping the ground with a weedwacker and then tarp the area till ready to plant? I like the de-huller, I grew a little rice this year and de-hulling was a pain.
If the bottom could be turning at a slow speed and you apply the lid. Have an air nozzle lightly blowing from one side blowing the hulls and pushing the rice over a fine screen into a container.
What if you modified the current design to use a small 2” or 3” tall ring of 8” or 10” diameter PVC pipe as your outer border instead of the octagonal wood pieces? This would allow your top piece to have a much tighter tolerance and prevent the rice from coming out of the sides. Also, with much tighter tolerances, you might could motorized the top piece by attaching it to an electric drill set on a very low speed. I love the idea…..just thinking of how to improve the design.
I watched a video where in India they ran cattle through the mud fields before planting rice. I bet that would trample the vegetation down and aerate the ground. Better do it before it gets to cold
We have a spot like that in our property. As long as we leave it fallow it has water on it. As soon as we till it or anything like that, it dries it up for the rest of the season. If you have to cultivate it there’s a chance you won’t have as much water as you currently have there now
Screw rice, dig the pond out and raise fish. If I had a spring feeding my property, I'd have all the ponds it would keep full through the dry season. I see this all the time on RUclips; someone blowing off opportunities I'd love to have. As for the huller, turn it upright, power the turning side with a bench grinder and feed it through the center of the stationary side.
I have a book by Ben Falk. Book title is "The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach". He is a homestead design engineer...HE GROWS RICE and shows lay of the land where to grow things on your property and how to store and process.
A year has past. Have you made any changes to the design? Or is it still working the same? Also how do you remove the ones that didn't come clean? I don't think it wouldn't be fun biting into an unexpected hull
How are you going to crack the hulls ? I grew it about 5 years ago and it did well but just couldn’t get it hulled ! We tried several ways but not much luck . Spelt is one of the hardest to get done without a industrial gullet of sorts ! ????
I think it would be easier to use those Asian body scrub materials that is able to be flexible to rub hull off gently and more cheaply. just add 1/2 cup into the fabric, hand close seam tightly so no seeds escape with a twist tie and rub away with one or both hands. kinda like making a squish ball.
@@TheRainHarvester It's the one that's a long body scrubber fabric that can also be used like cheese cloth. I don't think any plastic micro fibers will be found if it's washed first.
My thoughts at first. What about a round flat bowl with something on top that goes around and around that's heavy. MAYBE a glass candle ( could break) something wood.
Why would anyone want to remove the healthiest part of your rice other than to store it multiple years. It removes a lot of the vitamins minerals and fiber. People they make vitamins out of what you are taking off... Just food for thought.
We do it for the same reason we do all other extremely labor intensive things related to food. Because it makes it taste good. Sure, a banana peel has nutrients too, but I prefer it peeled, diced and blended into a smoothie.
Its just a piece of flat cloth that snaps over my belt. The fabric has 2 slots in it for 2 tassels. Simple. Someone made them for me a while back. I wish they still made them.
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So I have a grainmaker grain mill and part of the reason I chose their model as opposed to a diamante or a country living is they have a hulling plate attachment which is just like the steel grinding plates except they have a rubber like material glued to it and it apparently works quite well for hulling wheat or bread grains. I assume it would work perfectly well for rice.
Amaranth has a very high yield and is much easier to harvest than Quinoa. I experimented with it this year. Grew wonderfully in compacted clay soil even!
Where did you get the seeds from that you grew?
I grew a bunch of spelt last year and wow. Harvesting and processing it by hand is a legit full time job.
Every homestead needs a Tim 😊
That's a great concoction for rice as I watch you I thought perhaps if the rice grains is dried nice and tosty the chaff will be easier to crunch of ....I from trinidad were my in laws grew rice Nad the dried them really really toasty in the sun then grind it...I hope this helps
Great job 😂
Tim is a genius! Thanks for the ideas, Zac! We've talked about growing rice too. Maybe one day!
Put a little turning door on the shoot to keep it in the container. Open when you are ready to do winnowing.
I never grew rice, but have grew oats. I separated the hulls from the oat ears/ berries with what I call a hand Tribulum. Fyi, we get the word Tribulation from the farming tool, Tribulum. Tribulum is a heavy board with rock or shells embedded on one side. the farm would ride the Tribulum behind a mule or ox.
I made one with hardware cloth in a box with a hole in the middle of the box under the hardware cloth. I would rub the oats on the hardware cloth and in the box. the grain would fall through the hole. I would winnow the grain. the chaff and bad grain would be blown away by the fan, as I drop the grain in front of the fan. I would do this several times. I learned a lot by doing this method. Major Bible patterns here.
Good Idea
Good business for someone to put out there for the home use
You could try scalping the ground with a weedwacker and then tarp the area till ready to plant? I like the de-huller, I grew a little rice this year and de-hulling was a pain.
If the bottom could be turning at a slow speed and you apply the lid. Have an air nozzle lightly blowing from one side blowing the hulls and pushing the rice over a fine screen into a container.
What if you modified the current design to use a small 2” or 3” tall ring of 8” or 10” diameter PVC pipe as your outer border instead of the octagonal wood pieces? This would allow your top piece to have a much tighter tolerance and prevent the rice from coming out of the sides. Also, with much tighter tolerances, you might could motorized the top piece by attaching it to an electric drill set on a very low speed. I love the idea…..just thinking of how to improve the design.
Good job, mr. Tim! Looking forward to the next prototype :)
Thank you for another awesome video
•°° an intelligent, well thought out simple; frugal design to perform the deHulling of rice.°•°☆and not too backbreaking.☆•bravo.☆peace out!☆☆
I watched a video where in India they ran cattle through the mud fields before planting rice. I bet that would trample the vegetation down and aerate the ground. Better do it before it gets to cold
We have a spot like that in our property. As long as we leave it fallow it has water on it. As soon as we till it or anything like that, it dries it up for the rest of the season. If you have to cultivate it there’s a chance you won’t have as much water as you currently have there now
Where did you buy the rice husker machine? Great video, thanks.
Screw rice, dig the pond out and raise fish. If I had a spring feeding my property, I'd have all the ponds it would keep full through the dry season. I see this all the time on RUclips; someone blowing off opportunities I'd love to have. As for the huller, turn it upright, power the turning side with a bench grinder and feed it through the center of the stationary side.
Nice! Good work
I have a book by Ben Falk. Book title is "The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach". He is a homestead design engineer...HE GROWS RICE and shows lay of the land where to grow things on your property and how to store and process.
Can you do this with buckwheat as buckwheat is actually easier to grow and is beneficial to bee etc
A year has past. Have you made any changes to the design? Or is it still working the same? Also how do you remove the ones that didn't come clean? I don't think it wouldn't be fun biting into an unexpected hull
What about putting some sand paper on the bottom of that disc?
How about upland dryland rice varieties?
How are you going to crack the hulls ? I grew it about 5 years ago and it did well but just couldn’t get it hulled ! We tried several ways but not much luck . Spelt is one of the hardest to get done without a industrial gullet of sorts !
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It froze and you are planting for spring? This video was posted in October. Was the video taken in October, or earlier in spring?
Spelt is always planted in the fall
Zach have you seen Justin (Justro) at Metcalf Mills? He might have some innovative ways to shuck that rice!
Can you store the rice with the hulls?
Looks kinda labor intensive. A round base might help avoid the start/ stop action while grinding.
1 cup of rice equals a box mix that you buy at the store. Not too labor intensive!
How can I buy grain from you please
This is so strange. I have been finding that my comments aren't posting on RUclips. Do you see my previous comment about rice?
That looks like a boatload of work…
I think it would be easier to use those Asian body scrub materials that is able to be flexible to rub hull off gently and more cheaply. just add 1/2 cup into the fabric, hand close seam tightly so no seeds escape with a twist tie and rub away with one or both hands. kinda like making a squish ball.
Be careful as the scrub wears down. All that worn (plastic?) material goes into the rice.
@@TheRainHarvester It's the one that's a long body scrubber fabric that can also be used like cheese cloth. I don't think any plastic micro fibers will be found if it's washed first.
Do you have pasture for your sheep?
Yes, lots
I thought Rice had to be drained just before harvest. How would you do that?
I've never seen that. They harvest the grain right out of standing water.
What breed of sheep are those?
St. Croix
Wouldn’t a rolling pin work?
My thoughts at first. What about a round flat bowl with something on top that goes around and around that's heavy. MAYBE a glass candle ( could break) something wood.
Turn the sheep out on the grass
you'll be making sake in no time at all
burn off all you can then you can till it
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I'd rather have a pond/lake full of fish to eat than a rice swamp. Why don't you get someone to backhoe you the biggest pond/lake possible.
Why would anyone want to remove the healthiest part of your rice other than to store it multiple years. It removes a lot of the vitamins minerals and fiber. People they make vitamins out of what you are taking off... Just food for thought.
@@willbass2869 thank you for clarification.
We do it for the same reason we do all other extremely labor intensive things related to food. Because it makes it taste good. Sure, a banana peel has nutrients too, but I prefer it peeled, diced and blended into a smoothie.
Husk can be used in the soil.
This is great! Also, we noticed you have your TzitTzits attached to a black square. That is clever. What is it you have them attached to?
Its just a piece of flat cloth that snaps over my belt. The fabric has 2 slots in it for 2 tassels. Simple. Someone made them for me a while back. I wish they still made them.
@@Anamericanhomestead we thought it was great. We will look into making something like that. 👍🏻