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Sorghum bicolor
(105 days)
Open-pollinated.
Produces tall sprays of seedheads laden with shiny red seeds. Great for fall decorations and bird feed. Used to make brooms. 7-10'.
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Pennisetum glaucum
(120 days)
F-1 hybrid.
Ornamental grass with deep-purple foliage and large purple seed spikes. Popular in arrangements. 3-5' tall.
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Triticum aestivum
Open-pollinated.
Dual-purpose spring wheat: Harvest early for ornamental grain, later for 6-row wheat for baking.
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Triticum durum
Open-pollinated.
Too beautiful to eat! Used for wheat weaving and flower arrangements. Four rows with blue-grey husks and long black awns. Sow in April, reap in Sept.
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Amaranthus hybridus
(65 days to flower, 125 days to seed)
Open-pollinated.
Is it a green vegetable? An ornamental? A gluten-free grain? Why, yes! No wonder Amaranth was sacred in pre-Columbian Mexico.
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Avena nuda
(100 days)
Open-pollinated.
Grain that’s easier to thresh than most other oats, though it still has a small hull that must be removed. A good variety to re-introduce growing grain on home ground.
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Oryza sativa
(115 days from transplant)
Open-pollinated.
Upland short-grain hardy Russian variety adapted to dry-land production. Can withstand a light frost. May be direct seeded in warmer regions.
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Oryza sativa
(120 days)
Open-pollinated.
Upland short-grain brown rice from Italy with creamy texture and great flavor. Used for risotto.
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Oryza sativa
(120 days)
Open-pollinated.
Short grain light brown rice, can work in Zone 5b in paddies from direct sowing but does best from transplants.
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Oryza sativa
(120 days)
Open-pollinated.
Lowland variety from northern Japan. Pearly white short-grain sweet-sticky rice is great for mochi and fries well.
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Sorghum bicolor
(100 days)
Open-pollinated.
A white-seeded 4' grain sorghum, can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas.
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Amaranthus tricolor
(120 days)
Open-pollinated.
Thick, smooth, tender stems and deep green leaves with rich, nutty flavor.
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Amaranthus tricolor
(120 days)
Open-pollinated.
Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.
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Triticum aestivum
Open-pollinated.
Awnless hard red winter type adapted to moister, forest-based soils.
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