Can anyone send me some red winter wheat?

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I just can't seem to find any winter wheat in my area although I know it can be grown here. I think that I live in an area that is too populated to have enough farms that want to grow wheat so they don't stock it. I have driven all over the place and think that I am just wasting gas money when I could spend it on someone sending me some instead.

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share some of theirs with me. I'm only looking for about five pounds. I would pay for the wheat and the postage.

If anyone can do that, I would greatly appreciate it. I want to grow some not only for trying grinding but also because we raise dried flowers and make arrangements and I would like to have some wheat for putting in these arrangements next year.

Please contact me privately by e-mail and I will send you my address.

-- Colleen (pyramidgreatdanes@erols.com), September 25, 2000

Answers

Colleen, did you try a health food store? They usually have some in stock. Also try a feed store and tell them what you want to do with it. I live in Utah and if you can't find let, e-mail me or leave a note here and i will send you some of mine. Where are you at? If you live near an LDS cannery they will sell it to you in a 50 pound bag or if they have a can around they will sell that to you. Prices are not bad there. lynne

-- lynne (leaves8@hotmail.com), September 25, 2000.

The Cheese Shoppe in Staunton, Va has all you want, Colleen. It's the Mennonite Farm Cooprative store. Everything you could ever want is there. Red Wheat--100 lbs is 18 dollars. I assume that's an hour drive for you. But is you only want 5 lbs they have it by the pound also--I think ? They have many barrels of bag your own supplies--the place is a dream world for homesteaders ! If you can't make the trip, I have 200 lbs or more.

-- Joel Rosen (Joel681@webtv.net), September 25, 2000.

Gee Colleen, wish you were a lot closer! I have around 750 lbs here that might take me a while to grind, bake and eat! Good thing it's stored in mylar bags inside of plastic buckets. Short of nuclear annihilation (and it might even survive that! LOL) I think it'll probably last a while....Whatever was I thinking??? y2k!! Yikes...

-- sheepish (rborgo@gte.net), September 25, 2000.

Colleen: Send me your mailing address and I will ship some off to you. I still have about 40 pounds left. Jan in Colorado

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), September 25, 2000.

As usual, Joel came through with a great solution for me. Not only will I get the wheat, but I was planning a trip out past Staunton to go to a great discount bookfair and one of the quilt shops we were planning to stop in is in Staunton. Since I will be going there on Columbus Day weekend, I have decided to get my wheat there so noone has to bother with sending me some. And an added bonus is that it sounds like it is going to be a wonderful place to visit as well. But thank you all for your generous offers to my request. Next time I should just post all my questions privately to Joel since he always comes up with good answers for me. LOL

-- Colleen (pyramidgreatdanes@erols.com), September 25, 2000.


Directions to The Cheese Shoppe--for any Virginians or wayfaring homesteaders. First should my memory fail me a little, here's the phone number 540-337-4224. The actual town is Stuarts Draft--not really a town at all so we call it Staunton. Off Interstate I-81 take Exit 217 that is route 654 go north bound till you hit route 340 and go left to the second light(downtown Stuarts Draft) Take a left on Route 608 west and they are one mile on the right. Very good looking white building nice big sign ! Hours are Mon thru Fri 9 to 5:30 Sat 9 to 5 This is a Paradise for Homesteaders so enjoy !

-- Joel Rosen (Joel681@webtv.net), September 26, 2000.

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