Hopefully the lovesick robin will leave me alone when I try to garden later. We have a male robin who's been pecking at the windows. He's taken over the side of the yard where our garden beds are. He flies from the birch tree to the garage window, pecking away at his shadow, silly bird. So far his comic charm hasn't worked on the lady robins.
My parents did the first part of their visit yesterday. We visited the Amish bulk food store nearby and went out for lunch. I found out the Amish will soon be ordering coconut oil so I'll have to go back for that. They will also order me 50 pound bags of grains for half the cost of what I have to pay in the commercial health food store. I just need to find someone to go in with me or figure out a way to store all that grain. With the cost of food rising, I'm looking to stretch our food dollars and I know preparing everything from scratch helps.
This past weekend, we watched the movie 127 hours. What an amazing true story! The film making was well done too. If you're putting off seeing this movie because you're squeamish, know the gore isn't that horrific. It does not distract from the piece, no pun intended. The strength of human spirit is what makes this movie brilliant and will move you to tears.
DH & I also watched the documentary, The Smartest Guy In The Room. It made me furiously angry. True evil exists in this world, motivated by greed. When people are so eager to follow, lying idiots can become leaders. I'll have to see if the boys want to watch it and discuss it.
I have a few days before my parents return for the weekend. I'm hoping to spend a few of them playing in the dirt, adding compost and planting early veggies. I can't believe how quickly April seems to be heading to May.
Sleepyboy #2 is now awake so I think I'll get our gardening supplies in order for a little after breakfast fresh air.
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I have to get gardening stuff too so I can get started. Hopefully weather will stay nice. in 60's here today again but they are calling for T-storms.
Amish bulk food store sounds nice. We don't have anything like that near us. How long do bulk grains stay good?
Enjoy your parents visit. Have a great day!
I think I would love shopping in the Amish food store. Nice. We haven't watched 127 hours yet, not because of being squeamish, but just because of time. Want to see it soon, though. Have fun playing in the dirt! Enjoy your folks this weekend.
The original wheat grain otherwise known as a wheat berry, will last your lifetime and them some. There have been wheat berries found in Egyptian tombs that were ground up into flour and produced bread, or planted and they grew into wheat plants. When you grind up wheat berries to make flour, you disturb the natural oils and the decomposing process begins. Most wheat flour loses most of it nutrition after 72 hours unless you freeze it. To get the most benefit from whole grains, you should grind them and use them immediately, or sprout them and then grind them and use them. If you buy "wheat" flour in a store where it has been sitting on the shelf, the natural oils are probably already rancid and the flour is nutritionally void. This is one reason why sometimes they will enrich white flours. Because they have removed the bran part of the whole wheat since it will go rancid quickly if not frozen. The real challenge in storing grain is keeping it bug free. Air tight containers help, keeping the grain dry and bug free.
Hope the robin has found a gal or at least is leaving you alone. Love the idea of buying whole foods and eating more naturally! Couldn't do it here because of Mike's and my schedules right now, but love the idea. :-)s
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