To Heidi WASRe: Jar Weights?

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>

> >Sorry can't do it here in Kansas as these grains are about the

only

> >vegetation that survives the bugs, heat and near summer droughts

> >here. Even have barley growing this year.Had to laugh though at

this;

> >this first time I read it!Dennis

>

> You know, that is a very thoughtful message. Has anyone in Kansas

> looked at the things they grow in dry, hot parts of Africa?

Millet is grown somewhere there.

I don't

> know anything about farming, and won't pretend I do, but there

> have been complaints from other countries that they can't grow

> the " Western " style grains because they are too picky.

>

> Kansas is probably pretty close to the climate of Egypt tho,

> the way you describe it, which is where wheat farming got

> it's start, more or less.

>

<>><><<>The wheat oats and barley are planted in the off (cool)season

so to speak where as milo and corn are planted in early spring in

anticipation of early spring and summer rain. Wheat and barley seed

is planted in the fall, probably much like eastern Washington state,

and can lay there until rain falls that autumn or even snow in winter

will provide adequate moisture. In the winter the bugs are not a

problem as in the summer. The bugs esp, for organic farming are big

huge challenge all summer..Makes me wonder what the bugs are like in

Africa. I saw big bugs in Philippines. I think the big diff in

farming in Africa would be that a lot more people are farming than

in America so there is a lot or people power to hand weed and pick

pests and water too.I'm talking percentages of people.And I think

more people in home kitchens preparing food too.

I raised some white milo and haven't had a chance to do much

with it. I fed a little to the milk cow the other day when she

seemed to have ketosis(my diagnosis with help of merck manual).She

didn't like it much. Before you all start wondering about feeding

grain sometimes it has to happen. My cow got too rundown on the low

qualiyt grass she was eating. I got her in a diff pasture now and

hopefully she's doing much better. Still giving her molasses in her

drinking water for energy to remedy ketosis. It seems it's

challenging everywhere nowadays. Chemical farmers raise lots of milo

and corn here and more if irrigated. But irrigating is becoming a

thing of the past. Dennis

> Now our climate in the Northwest is so WET and cold that it's

> a challenge to see what works. So far the one thing that I KNOW

> will grow here is berries ... all kinds of berries. I'm thinking

potatoes

> will be pretty good too, and lettuce, so we put some of those in.

>

> Anyway, I love the quote (tho I don't believe I actually *said* it)

> but I'm not one to put down any farmer, esp. one who earns

> a living doing it, which is hard enough. Once upon a time you

mentioned

> you might put in some milo though ... I was wondering, did you? How

did

> it do? I was going to try growing some here, but it looks like it

won't

> do well here.

>

> -- Heidi Jean