permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Marimike6@cs.com wrote:

> Unfortunately, sorghum has an incomplete suite of amino acids, and is not 
> that great from a nutritive standpoint. Certain heretics have discussed the 

That may be so but who knows what other nutritional benefits are to be 
derived from millet.
You often hear that <fill in the blank> has been show to be an exceptional 
source of
vit. e, for example or is a great antioxidant or lowers blood pressure or 
purges plaque from arteries, etc.
Mixed with any of the following:

millet
barley
sorghum
spelt
kenaf
oats
corn (esp. high lycene)
flax seeds
rice
what about milo? (probably not human food)

A little applied research in appropriate technology might produce innovative 
mills or grinders
used to produce grits for porridge or coarse meal for hoecakes or flour for 
bread or stew thickeners.
I can see great bean/grain dishes on the horizon. Good protein here. There 
are homebrew extractors
used to press oil from soy, corn, peanut, olive, canola, sunflower, 
safflower. Recycle the cake as animal food;
get eggs and milk in return. Grow acres of mustard/turnip/rape to feed thesame livestock (I feed my 2 goats and 75 
chickens fifty plus pounds of greens daily and get exceptional eggs for the table.

Anyone know of a source for an oil press? In season, with ne of these, you 
could glean 20-30 gallons of good oil
to store in a root cellar or spring house for the winter.

Back to sea buckthorn, would it be possible to import seed of the better 
varieties from somewhere like Belarus?

LL