Grow amber waves of grain in your garden!

See which varieties are best for home gardeners [FGN Preview]( September 15, 2021  [Field Guide to Wheat]( Learn all about growing, harvesting, and cooking your own homegrown wheat! Gain full access to this premium collection—and an entire Library of food gardening advice—with a [Charter Gold Membership in Food Gardening Network!]( Dear Gardener, Don’t you just love the smell of freshly baked bread? What if you could grow the wheat to make your own bread? Or how about growing a low-gluten variety to make your own pasta or grain bowls? You have a wide field of choices when it comes to growing wheat—there are more than 25,000 varieties from which to choose! Before you go into “which wheat?” overload, don’t worry. We’ve winnowed the choices down to a select few for you to consider, depending on what you want to do with the wheat once it’s ready for harvest. Bake bread? Cookies? Make pasta? Cook up some healthy grain bowls? What you want to do with the wheat will help you choose a variety that’s right for you. Wheat is one of the oldest crops in history and grows all over the world. The worldwide wheat crop is bigger than all the other food crops in the world put together! And it’s easy to grow in your backyard—you don’t need a huge field to grow enough wheat to meet your own cooking or baking needs. And wheat is hardy all the way down to hardiness zone 3! What do you do with your wheat when harvest time rolls around? You could make Wheat Berry Salad, or Crunchy Whole Wheat Apple Crisp. You might try your hand at making Fresh Semolina (Durum Wheat) Pasta, or Whole Wheat Sesame Crackers. And of course, there’s always the perennial favorite, Easy Whole Wheat Bread. I’m going to let you in on a wheat secret: you don’t have to grow it for food if you don’t want to. Maybe you just like the look of the wheat waving in the summer breeze. A lot of people choose to plant wheat just for its ornamental value. We have some suggestions for you if that’s your preference. All this information and more is in our Wheat Collection, which you can get right now by clicking the link below. Don’t miss the Home Remedies and Health Benefits of Wheat section, either. There’s info on improving your health, inside and out! [Food Gardening Network Charter Gold Membership Special Offer—Just $10 for an Entire Year! UPGRADE YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY! Become a Charter Gold Member today and get the Food Gardening Magazine and Library, Premium Collections, and Recipes! Check out all that this new food gardening club has to offer you today! YES, SIGN ME UP NOW FOR JUST $10!]( Nine Great Grain Selections In the Plant Profiles section of the Wheat Collection, we’re highlighting nine different varieties of this amazing grain. These are some of the varieties most commonly grown by home gardeners. These choices should give you some confidence when you choose your own first wheat to grow. You’ll want to choose between spring wheat and winter wheat, and within those categories, you’ll want to choose a hard or soft variety depending on what you want to make with your wheat harvest. Don’t worry; we’ll help you narrow down your choices. You might want to try growing Durum Wheat, a spring wheat that has that classic wheat look and makes great pasta once you mill the wheat into flour. Spelt Wheat has been cultivated for thousands of years and contains a type of gluten that’s easier on the system for people with gluten sensitivities. Cook the grain whole for delicious soups and salads, or grind it to make flour for bread or pasta. Picture amber waves of grain; that’s Michigan Amber Winter Wheat. The grains have a fabulous golden glow; and when you grind the grain into flour, you’ll be able to make delicious baked goods. 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