My main garden is huge, and so for the sake of planting its devided into plots, each plot is 64 square feet, currently, which makes the pig working pen, because it just makes things easier to do it this way at the moment..
Pig worked..
Finished working by me, and then hand seeded out with whole barley (which had been pre-soaked for 24 hours before being seeded out)
compost from our four year old barn pile (this has sheep, pig and chicken/duck/rabbit in the mix)
close up of the compost.. ah, black gold!
A light half inch covering of compost on top of the seeded out barley and that plot is good to go!
Updates to follow on sprouting time, harvest etc..
Just another Day on the Farm 
So, are you using the Barley as green manure – cover crop – “resting” this plot?
Green cover crop, and as a fodder feeding crop for the cow in milk (at least that is the plan right now)
Which means that it will be harvested at the milky stage in development, not as a full proper grain.. just to be clear on that for ya đŸ™‚
I am thinking of doing one plot to full stage just to play with it, as whole barley is such a good sprouting grain..
Probably more economical as well? Plus, the added bonus that you know EXACTLY where it’s coming from: )
Hey again, this is (sort of) off topic for today, but wanted to send you Michaela’s post before I forgot.
Y’know how sometimes you just “hit the wall” when trying to come up with (new & interesting) ideas for meals from your garden? This book might just have the answer to that old question “What’s for dinner?” (And a whole lot more; )
http://www.thegardenerseden.com/?p=29134