Part two of Tip one

Part One of this tip may have helped you realize a few health reasons why it is good to mill your own grains, but that may still not be enough to convince your friends and family.

The second tip to answering the questions of why you bother to mill at home is the advantages of cost and storage. Of course, we can purchase 'whole wheat bread' at the store. Of course, 'dead bagged flour' lasts for a good period of time. Are these reasons to pass up home milling all together? Hardly! In fact, look closer and you can see why milling at home is better.

Putting all health reasons aside, with milling at home storage and cost come up on the convenience end of it. The cost of a loaf of 'whole wheat' bread from the store is generally $2.29. A home milled, fresh WHOLE GRAIN flour, loaf of bread costs me generally $.75 to make and that is using all organic (a bit pricier) grains and sugar. I also know totally what is in that loaf!

The shelf-life and storage for whole grains is amazing. They last for years! There have been grains found in pyramids that were over 4000 years old and when planted, they grew just as they were setup to. Talk about storage! Either mites, weevils or simply staleness can cause 'dead bagged flour' to be no good in only a few months. Just hold your whole grains in a sound container and from getting damp and you can store them for many years to come. You probably won't need them in the next 4000 years though.

Pretty cool huh? I hope you found this tip helpful. Check back here for more tips! I'll be posting more soon, as well as some other really great information about whole grains! :)

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