Yesterday, one of my friends made a video of me harvesting, threshing and winnowing winter wheat. The exciting part for me is that I can do the threshing with an electric chipper/shredder that I bought used for $50. This is one of those simple, but elegant, solutions for which I am always searching.

Here in northwest Washington, winter wheat does quite well. Last year I planted a soft white variety and this year I plan to plant a hard red variety. The hard varieties have a higher gluten content, but I am looking forward to making a test loaf with my soft white winter wheat. The video is self-explanatory and I hope you get a kick out of it. Here's the link:

http://suburbansurvival-community.blogspot.com/2009/07/find-your-farmerfa-farm.html