Barley

Barley is a versatile cool-season grain grown for food, malting, cover cropping, straw, animal feed, ornamental heads, and seed saving. Hulled, hulless, spring, winter, and colored forms offer different uses and planting windows.

Choose a type suited to your climate and purpose, then sow densely in prepared soil. Harvest grain when heads are dry and kernels are hard, allowing them to finish curing before threshing and storage.