Wednesday, July 23, 2014

harvesting rye

i harvested the rye. pulled it out by the roots, dragged it over to the shade, and used a scissors to chop off the heads.
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puppy came to investigate while i was trying to take a picture
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my old camera wasnt cooperating, this was as close up as i could take a photo. i'd have liked to get a REAL close up of the seeds as they stuck out of the husk at the time when they were good and ready. something to reference if i grow rye again. but i couldnt.
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after, i laid the stems back over where they were grown, to help prevent weeds from sprouting. this is only about half the stalks, the rest went in my compost bin.
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the rye seed i harvested. this was as close up as my old camera could get.
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the jar on the left is a quart size canning jar. picture from my dads camera since the buttons on mine werent working
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