Thanks for sharing this. I've been watching this video for several years and finaly this year I've got my first crop of wheat going. Thanks for sharing!
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!
Great series of videos. My daughter has a book that says wheat is being harvested to make bread and so she wanted to see the process. Your videos worked great. Thanks.
For such a short video I have learned so much. You are a genius with your own machines. Both videos are wonderful. Looking to buy a farmhouse and land to grow my own wheat, vegetables and other goodies. Thank you very much sir for taking the time to make these videos. May the LORD bless you and your family.
Amazing. I just planted soft red winter wheat for the first time since it's my favorite grain. I don't have any machinery to use planting or harvesting it at this time. I have a much smaller crop. I hope I am able to harvest it next spring once it's ready. It's growing quite beautifully and thick right now before the snow falls. I don't have issues with any weeds since it's very late in the year. I'm having a very hard time finding a place to buy the wheat locally, so growing it is my best option.
Very nicely done video, nice content and editing (and part 2 as well). I grow winter wheat, and a vegetable garden. This year I planted Japanese Millet, Grain Sorghum and Egyptian wheat, partly as wildlife food, but I am going to experiment with adding small amounts of flour from these to my bread. Enjoyed your solutions for processing on a small scale.
I'm planning on growing a small plot of wheat this spring and appreciate the real time video of the work involved. I grow winter rye as a cover/green manure crop, but that's relatively easy. Sow it, grow it, mow it, till it.....plant. Nice garden, thanks for sharing.
I am born and bred in a city, I have never ever been to any village, but I love this way of life. It is so natural, so far far away from the materialistic world that we have created. I know it would be hard for any urbanized human to live there, but this is how life should be, beautifully simple.
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
Very good video. Thank you for sharing with us. It is very thorough. I plan to show this to my kids so they will learn what it really is that they are throwing away. All that hard work gone into their bread. All that time. And one day, when i have space, i hope to grow my own spelt and this will be very useful. Cheers
"Ok you can use my music free but it has to be louder than all the other sound in the video at all times." Haha, Nonetheless- I appreciate the content!
Kiwi farmer breaks own world record with monster wheat crop.& Subsidy Free.!!! New Zealander, - Guinness World Record for the highest wheat yield with a crop producing 17.398 tonnes per hectare.- (one hectare is equal to 2.47 acres.- www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/122074530/kiwi-farmer-breaks-own-world-record-with-monster-wheat-crop .. The kerrin wheat is to be milled for flour, or goes into feed for pork, chickens or cows..- .NZ - is at the forefront in developing farming techniques and technologies that could be utilised by other farming nations, www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/91162354/new-zealand-farmers-break-world-record-for-wheat-growing ...,,,
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!
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!
@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.
I admire this. I've often wondered about the logistics of small scale wheat production. I recognize it's a good skill to have, but it seems like a rich man's game. It's not really economical when you figure in the cost of equipment and your own time. But then, if you have plenty of fertile land, lots of money for equipment, and the luxury of not having to work for a living, it's very cool.
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
That depends on whether you have spring or winter wheat. Winter wheat is planted around October-November. Spring wheat at March-April. Harvest time for winter wheat is between late July-August. Spring wheat from August-September. A better indicator of harvest time is the color of the stalks or the moisture content of the seed. I hope you found this informative :)
@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.
@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.
Okay much better. I killed the sound and realized you were planting Flax. I think I will use your technique for planting some winter wheat here in Virginia. I think the method will work just fine for most small grains Great video BTW. Thanks!
I'm in Central Virginia and was looking into small-scale wheat farming. I think I could find a bit of backyard a bit smaller than Stephen's allotment to sacrifice for the experiment. Did you get anywhere with this last winter?
@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.
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?
I use wheat on a regular basis as a green cover crop and I do save seed off the crop for future seeding and a bit of flour. When I plant I don't use rows as shown in this video. I simply broadcast on a tilled garden then rototill the seed in to about a 1-2 inch depth. Rolling it does help with germination. Some seed may go a bit too deep and some a bit too shallow but I have never had a failure using that method. I sow very thick and so no weeding is required as there is no where for the weeds to grow as the wheat is faster growing and shades out the weeds early. The biggest challenge I had was finding a way to mechanically thresh the wheat without buying an expensive thresher. I use a Sun Jo Leaf Shredder. They are very cheap and the chaff and wheat are contained in a plastic bag under machine. It is a simple matter of winnowing the chaff from the wheat using any number of fan, wind or air compressor options. For future use as planting seed I don't bother to winnow as the chaff / wheat mixture is just fine for that purpose. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing wheat in the garden blowing in the wind.
Kiwi farmer breaks own world record with monster wheat crop.& Subsidy Free.!!! New Zealander, - Guinness World Record for the highest wheat yield with a crop producing 17.398 tonnes per hectare.- (one hectare is equal to 2.47 acres.- www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/122074530/kiwi-farmer-breaks-own-world-record-with-monster-wheat-crop .. The kerrin wheat is to be milled for flour, or goes into feed for pork, chickens or cows..- .NZ - is at the forefront in developing farming techniques and technologies that could be utilised by other farming nations, www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/91162354/new-zealand-farmers-break-world-record-for-wheat-growing ..,,
You are an inspiration. I tried wheat and oats last year and had marginal success, this year, following your methods more, things are looking more promising. Could you address fungal problems with wheat? I've bought supposedly resistant varieties and still have a bit of it to contend with.
Where can I get this music? I love this music. I did not have a problem hearing you through out this video, I am guessing the other people complaining just have poor hearing and a bad taste for music.
I am interested in using the brush cutter to harvest my wheat and oats more efficiently. How did you make the attachment to your brush cutter? Do you have plans for the attachment. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Does this website have instructions for modifying the brush cutter with a cradle? I'd also like to see directions for making your small scale threshing machine. Would a chipper to the same thing, or would it need to be modified?
@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.
If you look up the video made by jeffrey funk(no capitals, although Jeffrey Funk has a similar situation), he shows a modified exercise bike mated to a forge blower fan and an old Victorinox grinder that he uses as an all-in-one unit to hull and winnow his grains. Maybe that'll help you.
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
How much flour will a small patch like this generate? i grow alot of things at home but i've always bought flour from my neighbours farm since it's so cheap. is it worth growing your own or should i keep buying it?
Hi' i like your video and that machine what do you call of that it is trriser or i don't know where we can buy this machine and also how many month exactly before harvest the grains thank you.
Really impressed with the threshing machine Stephen, well done mate.
Thanks for sharing this. I've been watching this video for several years and finaly this year I've got my first crop of wheat going. Thanks for sharing!
I'm just about to apply for my first allotment.
I came here looking for advice on my crops, but instead found peace. Thank you for your wonderful insight. I hope your well.
This is...the most romantic gardening video I have ever seen in my life. ~wipes away tear~
Bleakunending 😂
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!
Great series of videos. My daughter has a book that says wheat is being harvested to make bread and so she wanted to see the process. Your videos worked great. Thanks.
For such a short video I have learned so much. You are a genius with your own machines. Both videos are wonderful. Looking to buy a farmhouse and land to grow my own wheat, vegetables and other goodies. Thank you very much sir for taking the time to make these videos. May the LORD bless you and your family.
Thank you. Great video. One of the few real things on RUclips.
lol true
threashing. Once again, thank you for your inspiration. That was an experiance I never want to miss in my life.
Roesberger Ralf
Thank you for documenting this fascinating process, the kids and us thoroughly enjoyed watching!
Amazing. I just planted soft red winter wheat for the first time since it's my favorite grain. I don't have any machinery to use planting or harvesting it at this time. I have a much smaller crop. I hope I am able to harvest it next spring once it's ready. It's growing quite beautifully and thick right now before the snow falls. I don't have issues with any weeds since it's very late in the year. I'm having a very hard time finding a place to buy the wheat locally, so growing it is my best option.
We grow white Sonora wheat. Doesn't need to be thrashed. Less berrys, more protein, no machinery.
Thanks, I am loving your various machines old and new. 🥰
Appreciate the 14 year old only true information that's left on you tube🙂🙂🙂🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Very nicely done video, nice content and editing (and part 2 as well). I grow winter wheat, and a vegetable garden. This year I planted Japanese Millet, Grain Sorghum and Egyptian wheat, partly as wildlife food, but I am going to experiment with adding small amounts of flour from these to my bread. Enjoyed your solutions for processing on a small scale.
Wow that soil prep paid off!
Brilliant. What a great threshing machine. I hope you are doing well, 13 years later.
I'm planning on growing a small plot of wheat this spring and appreciate the real time video of the work involved. I grow winter rye as a cover/green manure crop, but that's relatively easy. Sow it, grow it, mow it, till it.....plant.
Nice garden, thanks for sharing.
We will make flower out of it if I can just saying
I am born and bred in a city, I have never ever been to any village, but I love this way of life. It is so natural, so far far away from the materialistic world that we have created. I know it would be hard for any urbanized human to live there, but this is how life should be, beautifully simple.
I don't know what I'm doing here but I love this
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
Very good video. Thank you for sharing with us. It is very thorough. I plan to show this to my kids so they will learn what it really is that they are throwing away. All that hard work gone into their bread. All that time.
And one day, when i have space, i hope to grow my own spelt and this will be very useful. Cheers
"Ok you can use my music free but it has to be louder than all the other sound in the video at all times." Haha, Nonetheless- I appreciate the content!
brendan ahh that’s funny! 😂
Kiwi farmer breaks own world record with monster wheat crop.& Subsidy Free.!!!
New Zealander, - Guinness World Record for the highest wheat yield with a crop producing 17.398 tonnes per hectare.- (one hectare is equal to 2.47 acres.- www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/122074530/kiwi-farmer-breaks-own-world-record-with-monster-wheat-crop .. The kerrin wheat is to be milled for flour, or goes into feed for pork, chickens or cows..- .NZ - is at the forefront in developing farming techniques and technologies that could be utilised by other farming nations,
www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/91162354/new-zealand-farmers-break-world-record-for-wheat-growing
...,,,
One of the most wholesome videos I’ve seen
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!
Its a modern variety paragon, this year I am also trying some red fife, April bearded, atle and ile de noe
Beautiful life. I'd give up the city in a minute if I had a farm ..
Salt of the earth stuff!! Well done.
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!
@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.
I admire this. I've often wondered about the logistics of small scale wheat production. I recognize it's a good skill to have, but it seems like a rich man's game. It's not really economical when you figure in the cost of equipment and your own time. But then, if you have plenty of fertile land, lots of money for equipment, and the luxury of not having to work for a living, it's very cool.
This video was so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to show us.
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
That depends on whether you have spring or winter wheat. Winter wheat is planted around October-November. Spring wheat at March-April. Harvest time for winter wheat is between late July-August. Spring wheat from August-September. A better indicator of harvest time is the color of the stalks or the moisture content of the seed. I hope you found this informative :)
Thanks friend now Cheryl can bake a fresh loaf myself it's amazing stuff bread.
SUPERB! Thank you for sharing. Simple living and high thinking of the Almighty Lord is probably the best way of living... God bless
This is many years old. I hope you are doing well Stephen
My favorite meal some loafs of bread thanks for the tip friend.
@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.
@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.
Okay much better. I killed the sound and realized you were planting Flax.
I think I will use your technique for planting some winter wheat here in Virginia. I think the method will work just fine for most small grains Great video BTW. Thanks!
I'm in Central Virginia and was looking into small-scale wheat farming. I think I could find a bit of backyard a bit smaller than Stephen's allotment to sacrifice for the experiment.
Did you get anywhere with this last winter?
Thanks for giving such information. I want to try it in my small land. its very helpful.
YOU MADE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO THAT HAS ENCOURAGED ME ...APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOUR VIDEO THANKS
Maximus sent me!
Thank you for your time in making these videos. Please make more. Very informative.
Thank you so much for doing this video. You didn't have to but you did and it is appreciated
@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.
WONDERFUL videos! Thank you so much.... from Texas
You could use the wheat that won't come clean for planting next year
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?
Wow! It is so beautiful!
I use wheat on a regular basis as a green cover crop and I do save seed off the crop for future seeding and a bit of flour. When I plant I don't use rows as shown in this video. I simply broadcast on a tilled garden then rototill the seed in to about a 1-2 inch depth. Rolling it does help with germination. Some seed may go a bit too deep and some a bit too shallow but I have never had a failure using that method. I sow very thick and so no weeding is required as there is no where for the weeds to grow as the wheat is faster growing and shades out the weeds early. The biggest challenge I had was finding a way to mechanically thresh the wheat without buying an expensive thresher. I use a Sun Jo Leaf Shredder. They are very cheap and the chaff and wheat are contained in a plastic bag under machine. It is a simple matter of winnowing the chaff from the wheat using any number of fan, wind or air compressor options. For future use as planting seed I don't bother to winnow as the chaff / wheat mixture is just fine for that purpose. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing wheat in the garden blowing in the wind.
absolute legend - how about barley to pint? love the tying off of the wheatsheaves!
Great video, can i traslate it to arabic and publish it to my chanal? Thanks
You could do that for any videos we may have on our channel you would like. Just let us know and email us at our email in the description.
Whats the name of the device you use at 07:38?
Excellent video.
its 2020 and its about half way through april, we had snow yesterday. this is calgary alberta canada.
Kiwi farmer breaks own world record with monster wheat crop.& Subsidy Free.!!!
New Zealander, - Guinness World Record for the highest wheat yield with a crop producing 17.398 tonnes per hectare.- (one hectare is equal to 2.47 acres.- www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/122074530/kiwi-farmer-breaks-own-world-record-with-monster-wheat-crop .. The kerrin wheat is to be milled for flour, or goes into feed for pork, chickens or cows..- .NZ - is at the forefront in developing farming techniques and technologies that could be utilised by other farming nations,
www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/91162354/new-zealand-farmers-break-world-record-for-wheat-growing
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i know this video is old, but can you show how to build the threshing machine, thanks.
great video, but i have a question, is the rest of the stalk of wheat that isnt threshed hay??
A lot of farmers are so sweet!
Just stumbled onto this video, and am very curious as to how your threashing machine works and how you made it.
This was uploaded 9 years ago lol
You are an inspiration. I tried wheat and oats last year and had marginal success, this year, following your methods more, things are looking more promising.
Could you address fungal problems with wheat? I've bought supposedly resistant varieties and still have a bit of it to contend with.
thanks for the walk through, will eat my bread with more delight now.
great video on the steps of growing wheat.
Great guide. Thank you Mr. for your video.
Where can I get this music? I love this music. I did not have a problem hearing you through out this video, I am guessing the other people complaining just have poor hearing and a bad taste for music.
I am interested in using the brush cutter to harvest my wheat and oats more efficiently. How did you make the attachment to your brush cutter? Do you have plans for the attachment. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Wish you'd make more videos.
How do I find the plans for the threshing machine?
Great video,lovely looking crop of Wheat what variety is the wheat?
Why did you choose Spring over winter wheat?
Do you know why some sow wheat in Autumn? Is there an advantage?
How can I get the simple machinery you used to make halo
Stephen, what variety of wheat is this? Thank you for sharing!
Does this website have instructions for modifying the brush cutter with a cradle?
I'd also like to see directions for making your small scale threshing machine. Would a chipper to the same thing, or would it need to be modified?
@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.
What if you find ergot on your grains at what point do you remove it and how?
You Sir, are brilliant!
Great video and tips. Can I grow wheat in just 6 hours of sunlight?
How big is the spot you grow your wheat on
when should we plant wheat and when should we harvest it?
one issue I had was you didnt show how to remove the hulls. the wheat berries are still in the hull and useless until removed
If you look up the video made by jeffrey funk(no capitals, although Jeffrey Funk has a similar situation), he shows a modified exercise bike mated to a forge blower fan and an old Victorinox grinder that he uses as an all-in-one unit to hull and winnow his grains. Maybe that'll help you.
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
Do you have plans for the homemade thresher?
I would like to try this, this year coming. Where can i get seeds and what seeds am i looking for? Thanks very much.
are there plans available for this threshing machine?
Yes, but seed rates, time of planting (autumn or spring) and the requirement to de-hull the grain need to be considered.
How much flour can you produce from that small lot of land?
TheTraveler 9 sq ft of plants is about a lb of flour
very good, I learn many staff, Please where I can fine wheat seed I want to grow it in Africa
Beside my vegetable garden, thanks
@KallyJones In the USA try Johnnyseeds or bountifulgardens
How often do you water them?
What are the tools names that you use for wheat
@littlechefxxx Yields vary but I can get 25kg from 55 m2 (about one small wholemeal loaf per square meter)
Hi! Great video, really inspiring. What do I have to do to avoid problems with mice, rats or birds in the field or where you dry/store the grain?
how deep the seeds planted?
How much flour will a small patch like this generate? i grow alot of things at home but i've always bought flour from my neighbours farm since it's so cheap. is it worth growing your own or should i keep buying it?
I've read you can get 1/10th of a family's yearly grain (about a bushel) from 100 sq.ft. at optimum production..
Where's the best place to get non-GMO wheat seeds?
Do you have plans for the threshing machine? I'd love to make one.
Hi' i like your video and that machine what do you call of that it is trriser or i don't know where we can buy this machine and also how many month exactly before harvest the grains thank you.
can't hear what you are saying... but the music sounds good?
James Brookins idiot
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Brilliant! . Can I ask How much wheat did you get off it.
great job done....thanks for uploading....