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Small Scale Grain Raising: An Organic Guide To Growing, Processing, And Using Nutritious Whole Grains, For Home Gardeners And Local Farmers (2009)

by Gene Logsdon(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1603580778 (ISBN13: 9781603580779)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing Co

review 1: Fabulous entertainment, I felt wonderfully validated for many of the practices I pursue, I was inspired to try some new crops, and I love how he calls us gardening farmers rather than hobbyists. After all, I am certainly not a commercial farmer, but I want to supplement my own and my animals' diet with homegrown goodness, and I wish I could turn even the tiniest bit of a profit with my all of the hard work I put into my gardens and goat herd.
review 2: It's another Gene Logsdon farming book, and it's very good, though I can't quite recommend this one as heartily as All Flesh is Grass.Logsdon does a good job taking us through the various grains, discussing everything one would need to know. We get information about planting, cultivation, harvesting, and storing... more, weeds to worry about, pests to worry about, and both modern and old-time methods for these grains. His slant tends to favor the small homesteader (hence the name) or even gardener: he doesn't expect his reader to necessarily have--or ever get--the latest and biggest equipment. Each grain discussed also includes recipes illustrating ways to use the grain in the kitchen (but he also talks about grains as feed for animals). He goes a little beyond grains to legumes, which he sees as critical for the organic grain grower, especially advocating soybeans. Another nice feature at the end is an illustrated glossary of farm tools, nice for the reader who lacks a background in farming.The only real criticism I have of the book is that it was published in 1977. Occasionally, Logsdon makes statements to the effect that some particular bit of information "may be out of date by the time this goes to press": how much more is that true thirty years later? Traditional methods, obviously, don't change much, but since Logsdon isn't afraid to offer modern ideas, it's hard not to wonder if there are things we're missing. The good news, though, is that a new edition is being released in June 2009, and that's really the edition to read, unless you need to know about raising grain now. less

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