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.


puppy came to investigate while i was trying to take a picture




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.


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.


the rye seed i harvested. this was as close up as my old camera could get.


the jar on the left is a quart size canning jar. picture from my dads camera since the buttons on mine werent working