3. Planting is flexible – As long as soil contact is available, winter rye likely will grow. It’s a cold soldier, and has been shown to grow at temperatures as low as 33°F. In fact ...

Rye bread is, of course, made with rye flour. The actual rye plant looks very similar to a wheat plant, with long, wispy, grass-like stalks and clusters of seeds at the top. Rye bread is commonly ...

Paul Locher outlines the use of rye straw to make baskets and store dried apple slices, schnitz, at homesteads in the early ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

Strickland said the distillery is producing what it has dubbed “Monongahela rye whiskey,” which is made from grain sourced from local farms that grow rye using heirloom seeds. Local sources ...