five varieties

it's march...time to plant spring wheat...so i turned in eighty pounds of compost...and raked the bed half way level ( the unturned patch in the corner is home to a volunteer spud...and there is a volunteer onion up in there too ) and began to plant...

the five varieties of wheat i am planting in this bed are, hard red which i have an ample supply from last season's crop...

dwarf syrian...

and pacific blue stem, both of which also originated from last season's crop...

the ancient emmer wheat...

and the equally ancient einkorn which i finally found a supplier for ( people seem loathe to part with this seed )

i broadcast the seed into its specific area...

raked the seed in to a depth of a quarter inch or so by hand...

and marked the locations with stakes...now we wait...the seeds know what to do..next stop, critter net and bird tape...as needed.