As those who pay super close attention to my ramblings will have noted I am behind on buying preps. Guess it isn't a bad problem to have all things considered. So I decided I was going to purchase one thing a night until I am caught up. Today was a wheat grinder. I decided to go with the Back to Basics Grain Mill. It consistently got good reviews and is reasonably priced, small and metal which I like. Small and easy to move are real considerations for us. The Corona's got pretty iffy reviews (well at least inconsistent) and the Country Living Grain Mill is more than I want to spend or need to have right now. Down the road when/ if home ground grain is a significant part of our diet we will get a more expensive one and it will be money well spent. Till that time I would feel like it was a bad choice to get a really expensive mill which (might) sit idle for long periods and be rarely used.
The Country Living Mill - In Stock Now at Our Happy Homestead.
So now I am going to have to go out and get some wheat pretty quick.
Thoughts?
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http://waltonfeed.com/
I bought a truck load of food from them (literally, we off loaded it at a church and hauled it up the mountain in my pickup).
I'm interested to hear your opinion of the Back to Basics mill. From what I've read, it takes a while to dial it in just right, and you'll need to put the grain through a couple times to get it fine enough for flour. I bought one of those same mills, and have tons of wheat, but I'm ashamed to say I haven't tried using it yet. *oops* Maybe this week. Anyway - post your experiences with it - I'm very interested!
+1 for Walton Feed. Their prices are decent and their food is as well. You can buy bags to store yourself, or nitrogen packed buckets all ready to go.
I just picked up an old Marathon grain mill on ebay for over $300. Why? Because my parents have had one for over thirty years with no problems, and they have run thousands of pounds of grain and seed through it. It's heavy, has two big stones and a large motor, also has a hand crank and a sprocket to run off a bicycle. Made in the USA, made to last.
had one of those years ago... the only issue I had was at that time was the solid brass bushing.. it has a tendency to wear out fairly quickly, especially if you tend to press harder to one side while grinding.. if yours has the same shaft bearing, get extras.
w=When the times comes that a significant portion of your diet is from your grain mill, it will be too late to buy one. FYI
Just buy the best you can- every time. You won't regret it.
Hermit, I have heard good things about them. Not so sure they will float a boat over here for me though.
Ditchthegrid, Once it and some wheat are both at my residence I will cook some stuff.
Tweell, I will keep the in mind. Old reliable stuff is always good.
TMM, I will keep that in mind.
Jimmy The Screwdriver, First of all I don't recognize your name so hello. Secondly I am going to have a large portion of our diet come from wheat flour (wheat really) before 'the world ends' so yes I will almost surely be able to throw down the debit card and order a different one more suited to those needs. In general I think your advice to buy the best you can is good. With wheat grinders there isn't too much of a middle market between the smaller cheaper ones and the multi hundred dollar uuber mills.
We've always been big fans of the Country Living Grain Mill; it's bigger and beefier than the Back to Basics mill, grinds finer, etc.... but it's also more expensive, no doubt.
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