I grew a bunch of spelt last year and wow. Harvesting and processing it by hand is a legit full time job.

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!

@brandimonahan4721

Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the seeds from that you grew?

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.

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.

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 😂

Every homestead needs a Tim 😊

Thank you for another awesome video

Nice! Good work

Tim is a genius! Thanks for the ideas, Zac! We've talked about growing rice too. Maybe one day!

Good business for someone to put out there for the home use

Good job, mr. Tim! Looking forward to the next prototype :)

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

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.

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.

•°° an intelligent, well thought out simple; frugal design to perform the deHulling of rice.°•°☆and not too backbreaking.☆•bravo.☆peace out!☆☆

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.

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.

How about upland dryland rice varieties?

Can you do this with buckwheat as buckwheat is actually easier to grow and is beneficial to bee etc

Can you store the rice with the hulls?

What about putting some sand paper on the bottom of that disc?

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 ! ????

Zach have you seen Justin (Justro) at Metcalf Mills? He might have some innovative ways to shuck that rice!

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

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

Do you have pasture for your sheep?

@Anamericanhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Yes, lots

How can I buy grain from you please

It froze and you are planting for spring? This video was posted in October. Was the video taken in October, or earlier in spring?

@Anamericanhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Spelt is always planted in the fall

Looks kinda labor intensive. A round base might help avoid the start/ stop action while grinding.

@SandcastleDreams

5 ай бұрын

1 cup of rice equals a box mix that you buy at the store. Not too labor intensive!

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

Жыл бұрын

Be careful as the scrub wears down. All that worn (plastic?) material goes into the rice.

@MrsEwalani

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

I thought Rice had to be drained just before harvest. How would you do that?

@Anamericanhomestead

Жыл бұрын

I've never seen that. They harvest the grain right out of standing water.

This is so strange. I have been finding that my comments aren't posting on KZread. Do you see my previous comment about rice?

What breed of sheep are those?

@Anamericanhomestead

Жыл бұрын

St. Croix

Wouldn’t a rolling pin work?

you'll be making sake in no time at all

Turn the sheep out on the grass

burn off all you can then you can till it keep buying the cd's and fe's

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.

@mountainman3602

Жыл бұрын

@@willbass2869 thank you for clarification.

@Pimp.My.Forklift

2 ай бұрын

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.

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.

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?

@Anamericanhomestead

Жыл бұрын

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.

@0809marshall

Жыл бұрын

@@Anamericanhomestead we thought it was great. We will look into making something like that. 👍🏻