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[twerppoet]

Quick facts:

The easiest way to tell the difference between barley and wheat is the length of the beard (the long strands at the top). Wheat's beard tend to be short, no no more than half again the height of the head. Barley's beard is almost a full head higher.

Three other methods:

Barely is a few shades green than wheat. Useful, but tricky, before the heads develop.

They taste different. You need to try both, but once you do you'll never mistake one for the other.

Barley itches more. Unless you play in the grain trucks during harvest (or bail barely straw) you'll be spared this method.

 

[leelai]

Susan & I just returned from a family wedding (her sister's daughter) held on one of the many western shores of Maryland near Chesapeake Bay at the Jefferson Patterson State Park, a beautiful location. On our way in, we stopped at Stoney's Restaurant on Broomes Island (had oysters & clams on the half shell + their famous crab balls made w/ blue crab - these were the size of tennis balls and nearly pure crab meat); the next day we had lunch w/ her brother at another branch of the restaurant (same name) in the delightful resort town of Solomon's Island (our first visit) - again, more oysters, clams, & crab salads. Below an aerial pic of Solomons Island (arrow points to Stoney's Restaurant Pier) and a view of the restaurant. Dave P.S. click on the images. . <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56013"/> <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56014"/>

That's such a beautiful area you visited Giradman.

The views from where you dined must have been just so lovely. Wonderful pics!

And congrats to your niece......yes a beautiful location for her wedding! Interesting park also!

 

[giradman]

That's such a beautiful area you visited Giradman.

The views from where you dined must have been just so lovely. Wonderful pics!

And congrats to your niece......yes a beautiful location for her wedding! Interesting park also!

Hi Leelai - Maryland (MD) is an interesting state, just above Virginia - these two states surround Washington, D.C. - added a pic below of MD which extends from its eastern shore (on the Atlantic Ocean) to the mountains of West Virginia - there is just PLENTY of water around Chesapeake Bay, so both eastern & western shore(s) (a lot of peninsulas) relative to the Bay - the arrow shows the location of Solomons Island (the park just a little north on the water to the left); second pic of a Stoney Restaurant Crab Ball - the Bay is famous for oysters & blue crab (although depleted & polluted in recent decades - but now coming back, hopefully) - Dave

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[J. A.]

Quick facts:

The easiest way to tell the difference between barley and wheat is the length of the beard (the long strands at the top). Wheat's beard tend to be short, no no more than half again the height of the head. Barley's beard is almost a full head higher.

Three other methods:

Barely is a few shades green than wheat. Useful, but tricky, before the heads develop.

They taste different. You need to try both, but once you do you'll never mistake one for the other.

Barley itches more. Unless you play in the grain trucks during harvest (or bail barely straw) you'll be spared this method.

Confirmed, except that I didn't try the taste of both.

"Beard" sounds funny. In German, they're called "Grannen", not "Bart".

I wonder where you know all this from. Experience? Supposedly this can't be found in Wikipedia or Google.

 

[leelai]

Hi Leelai - Maryland (MD) is an interesting state, just above Virginia - these two states surround Washington, D.C. - added a pic below of MD which extends from its eastern shore (on the Atlantic Ocean) to the mountains of West Virginia - there is just PLENTY of water around Chesapeake Bay, so both eastern & western shore(s) (a lot of peninsulas) relative to the Bay - the arrow shows the location of Solomons Island (the park just a little north on the water to the left); second pic of a Stoney Restaurant Crab Ball - the Bay is famous for oysters & blue crab (although depleted & polluted in recent decades - but now coming back, hopefully) - Dave . <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56023"/> <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56024"/>

I had no idea Chesapeake Bay was so large....it's huge!

I'm getting more of a grounding of all these lovely areas I've only ever heard the name of......thank you for that Giradman!

Now I could really go one of those crab balls also!

 

[twerppoet]

. . .I wonder where you know all this from. Experience? Supposedly this can't be found in Wikipedia or Google.

I misspent a large part of my youth on a ranch-farm. Wheat and barely were the main crops.

 

[The OB]

Actually those beards are called "awns"....never heard of that word before.

awn

NOUN
slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.

The stuff you learn on this great forum! Now I've got to go off and find out what a bract is
Andrew


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[J. A.]

Actually those beards are called "awns"....never heard of that word before. awn NOUN slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses. The stuff you learn on this great forum! Now I've got to go off and find out what a bract is Andrew Sent from Oz using Tapatalk

Wikipedia isn't any better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awn_(botany)
It leaves you with more questions than it answers.

 

[giradman]

I had no idea Chesapeake Bay was so large....it's huge!

I'm getting more of a grounding of all these lovely areas I've only ever heard the name of......thank you for that Giradman!

Now I could really go one of those crab balls also!

Yep, the Chesapeake Bay is huge (about 200 miles long) - not really a bay but an estuary formed initially millions of years ago by a meteor impact (some information below from HERE) - the 'eastern' shore is shared by Maryland (MD) & Virginia (VA); there are two magnificent bridges at the upper MD end (Chesapeake Bay Bridge, 4.3 miles in length) and at the lower VA end (Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which is 18 miles long).

On our trip to Chincoteague Island (w/ the horses - one of my travelogues from 2012) which is on the Eastern VA shore near the MD state line, we crossed the impressive CB Bridge-Tunnel which consists of over-water bridges and underwater tunnels - the latter allow massive container ships to cross to gain access to many of the largest ports on the east coast (e.g. Baltimore, Washington D.C., & Norfolk) - some pics below showing this bridge-tunnel combo! Dave

The bay's geology, its present form, and its very location were created by a bolideimpact event at the end of the Eocene (about 35.5 million years ago), forming theChesapeake Bay impact crater and the Susquehanna River valley much later. The bay was formed starting about 10,000 years ago when rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age flooded the Susquehanna River valley.

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[searchngal]

I wanted to add some pics of Tangier Island in the center of the Chesapeake Bay... The only way to get there is by boat or small airplane.. Best crab cakes in the world! Come visit sometime!

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[searchngal]

Well, I have to post three times... I promise it will be worth it when you see my piece of heaven on earth

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[searchngal]

Pics to follow... If I'm breaking any forum rules, I apologize..

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[searchngal]

Tangier, Virginia

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[searchngal]

Just a few more..

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[leelai]

Yep, the Chesapeake Bay is huge (about 200 miles long) - not really a bay but an estuary formed initially millions of years ago by a meteor impact (some information below from HERE) - the 'eastern' shore is shared by Maryland (MD) & Virginia (VA); there are two magnificent bridges at the upper MD end (Chesapeake Bay Bridge, 4.3 miles in length) and at the lower VA end (Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which is 18 miles long). On our trip to Chincoteague Island (w/ the horses - one of my travelogues from 2012) which is on the Eastern VA shore near the MD state line, we crossed the impressive CB Bridge-Tunnel which consists of over-water bridges and underwater tunnels - the latter allow massive container ships to cross to gain access to many of the largest ports on the east coast (e.g. Baltimore, Washington D.C., & Norfolk) - some pics below showing this bridge-tunnel combo! Dave . <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56036"/> <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56037"/> <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56038"/>

Oh my.....what amazing bridges cross the bay.

Would love to travel on those bridges....especially the bridge tunnel......that's one heck of an idea to do it like that. Just amazing what can be accomplished and it's so very long. That tunnel must drop quite quickly too......... So very impressive!