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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Calling them einkorn “berries” makes this a salad.

    Kidding of course, but it looks delicious! As for planting einkorn “seeds,” if the einkorn you purchased from your local co-op is whole grain and not treated in any way you can probably just plant it (not vouching for the legitimacy of the info on this site, but it seems straightforward enough): https://farmandanimals.com/how-to-grow-einkorn-wheat/

    What I would probably do is try to sprout a few einkorn berries to see how viable they are. If you get a certain amount of it to sprout then I would just buy more einkorn and sow it. You don’t really need any special equipment for sprouting - a jar or a tray and some paper towels should do it. I’ve purchased Sprout People’s sprouting cups and use their reference material previously: https://sproutpeople.org/pages/growing-sprouts

    Either way, it’s great that you’re appreciating an “ancient” wheat. Good luck turning your lawn into a wheat field. Keep us posted!











  • We got a Speed Queen washer and dryer and are happy with them. I’ve also heard that Maytag Commercial is decent but don’t have experience with them myself.

    I will say, the Speed Queen appliances have needed someone to come out to service them (something happened with the washer that I can’t recall, and the heating element on the dryer drooped and shorted and then fell apart), but at least the warranty is long enough and there haven’t been any issues with the repair technicians. That’s all I really want - a device that if (when) it has an issue, it’s worth repairing.

    The heat pump all-in-one washer / dryers are compelling. A friend has one (I believe it’s LG but may be GE) and he loves it except that one of the pumps fails almost yearly and he has to replace it. I guess he would rather do that than admit defeat and the pump is relatively cheap. Maybe he saves enough time washing and drying his family’s clothes overnight while he sleeps that it’s worth a multi-hour annual surgery.