Grow it! Grain Production

By Richard W. Langer
Published on November 1, 1973
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Buckwheat grows from one ft. to two ft. high.
Buckwheat grows from one ft. to two ft. high.
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Use the corn knife to cut the whole plant at the base before shucking the corn. Swing it more or less as if you were putting with a golf club.
Use the corn knife to cut the whole plant at the base before shucking the corn. Swing it more or less as if you were putting with a golf club.
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Diagram of the parts of a grain-bearing grass plant.
Diagram of the parts of a grain-bearing grass plant.
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An improvised threshing flail with flexible joint, made from a shovel handle, chain, and dowel rod.
An improvised threshing flail with flexible joint, made from a shovel handle, chain, and dowel rod.
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Diagram of the parts of a scythe, with detachable grain cradle.
Diagram of the parts of a scythe, with detachable grain cradle.

At last! For the first time since the HAVE-MORE Plan was published way
back in the 1940’s, a fellow named Richard W. Langer has come up with a
365-page book that really introduces a beginner to small-scale farming.
Wanna raise your own fruit, nuts, berries, vegetables, grain, chickens,
pigs, ducks, geese and honeybees? GROW IT! tells you how to get started, we like it, and here’s another chapter from the book.


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