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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

if yor are zone 9; I don't think there is sny way you can successfully grow 
rice to amount to anything.  You have people in La., if I remeber correctly.  
You have probably seen the paddys in S. La.  That's is where most of the (non 
farmed) crawfish originate. 

In our area, other than citrus, cotton is the main crop.  ....bobford


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--- On Fri, 10/31/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Grain was: Alas, Garden planning
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 4:17 PM
> I'm open to suggestions, as I've never grown grain
> before. 
> According to historical records wheat was once grown here, 
> and the grist mill was across the street (the stone is in 
> the local history museum which keeps such odd hours I have 
> yet to visit). Our favorites to eat are: wheat, oats, 
> rice, quinoa, millet & teff. I know amaranth grows well
> in 
> the southwest but every time I cook it the stuff becomes 
> gruel. We have recently discovered teff as a breakfast 
> grain and since it grows in Africa it might do well here.
> 
> Although Fukuoka is able to grow rice without a paddy
> I'm 
> reluctant to try in this semi-desert. He says the only 
> reason rice is flooded is to cut down on competitive 
> weeds. Rice is grown in Texas, but closer to the Gulf 
> Coast. I have an oddball 15 foot round metal stock tank 
> like swimming pool cut down by the previous owners into a 
> pond in the middle of my back yard that might make a good 
> paddy. As it is, it's just an eyesore in full sun.
> 
> Across the creek I probably have 3 or 4 sunny areas in 
> speargrass I don't particularly care about preserving
> that 
> could become grain beds. These areas would be about 
> 200-250 sq. ft. Is this enough space to grow grain for two 
> people?
> 
> I read a lot online about grain but it's all from a 
> northern perspective. I need some information for Zone 8a. 
> Unless you are managing for white tailed deer, the local 
> extension agency is useless.
> 
> We have a rogue sorghum plant that comes up in our garden 
> every year. Has anyone ever grown it and made their own 
> molasses?
> 
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
> 
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:19:03 -0400
>   EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > I just took a cursory look, but that's cool. 
> Tonight I 
> >will look at it 
> > a bit closer..thanks for the link.
> > How much and what type of grain are you thinking of? 
> I 
> >know we touched 
> > on this a few weeks back.
> > 
> > B
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