[Homestead] Rice

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sat Nov 1 16:59:33 EDT 2008


Hope it's not serious and hope you are feeling better, Jerry.  Thanks 
for the link..
B

Shepperd wrote:
> 
> I have been ill for several days, so am stuck inside.  As a result, I 
> have had a chance to follow the discussions, something I have not had 
> the opportunity to do for some time.  Anyway, I googled "rice seeds" 
> and found this site:
> http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_heirloom_rice.htm?gclid=CJOv9dDO1JYCFSAUagodu3ww4Q
> 
> Jerry S.
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:25 PM 11/1/2008, you wrote:
>> OK Bev, I think you and I should be the rice growing
>> guinea pigs of the list serve. Let's do it with our
>> respective pools. We can document it on our blogs.
>> Whaddayasay??
>>
>> Now I need to find out when to plant, what kind of rice,
>> and where to get the grain seed. I suppose a bag of brown
>> rice from the supermarket won't do, although I remember
>> Bill saying he planted his fava beans right from the
>> health food store bag.
>>
>> --Sage
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:32:49 -0400
>>   EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> Yes, I have seen the Budweiser Rice Paddies in both LA
>>> and Arkansas.
>>> This is not what I envision for here, not even close..I
>>> am thinking of a
>>> small paddy in a low lying area, using a swimming
>>> pool(above ground
>>> metal sided type) to create a wetland, using a rainwater
>>> collection
>>> tank(300 ga) to fill the paddy.  Of course, draining is
>>> easy.
>>> That is of course, for wetland rice, which is what is
>>> grown in the US.
>>>
>>> Dry land rice intrigues me, but I need to find out more
>>> about it.
>>>
>>> B
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