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Pearl Barley (not a whole grain)
Pearl barley has been polished, or “pearled” to remove some or all of the outer bran layer along with the hull. If it’s lightly pearled, pearl barley will be tan colored (top photo); if it’s heavily pearled, barley will be quite white (bottom photo).
Hulled barely has everything but the outer hull, making it the healthier form of barley. It is darker in color in comparison to pearl barley. You’ll get fiber and nutrients from the entire grain, not just the inner “pearls”. The only downside is that hulled barley takes longer to cook.
Pearl barley is a delicious grain that can be cooked simply in salted water. Serve it instead of rice with hearty stews. Or, add uncooked grains to mixed vegetable soups. Krupnik, a Polish chicken, vegetable and pearl barley soup is one of we love most.
This ancient grain is sadly overlooked by today’s culinary trendsetters, yet it is one of the grains with the greatest health benefits, delightful flavor and versatility. Barley can be used as a delicious breakfast cereal, in soups and stews and as a rice substitute for dishes such as risotto.
Generally, those growing barley for malting use equipment that harvests the grain directly from the standing crop. You will get the best barley harvest if you cut your crop as soon as it can pass through the combine machine.
The barley we grow goes to feed our cattle, whilst the straw is used for their bedding. It helps keep the food miles really low on our beef production.
It grows best in well- drained, fertile loams or light, clay soils in areas having cool, dry, mild winters. It also does well on light, droughty soils and tolerates somewhat alka- line soils better than other cereal crops. With many varieties of barley to choose from, be sure to select a regionally adapted one.
Barley is very versatile in its planting time and can be planted relatively early in the season. Preferred planting times are from late April to June but this will vary for each region depending on frosts and seasonal effects. In the cooler areas of southern Queensland, planting can occur into July.
Inexpensive and easy to grow, barley provides exceptional erosion control and weed suppression in semi-arid regions and in light soils. … Barley prefers cool, dry growing areas. As a spring cover crop, it can be grown farther north than any other cereal grain, largely because of its short growing period.
You don’t have to purchase sprouted barley in the store because you can germinate the seeds at home in just a few days to harvest after about a week or plant in your garden.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROWING BARLEY GRASS
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