Kathy, no clue how much you would need. I don't want a couple of acres, hee, hee. A 50 pound sack is gonna sow alot of buckwheat, think of all the pancakes you will get to eat with that flour you will grind, hee, hee. Just kidding, remember Aunt Jamima and her buckwheat pancakes, you surely must remember that beautiful ol' black gal's picture on the bag.
Yep, I grow buckwheat. I remember seeing Dallas' pictures of his buckwheat and then thought of what my buckwheat looked like when it grew. We have lots of moisture here, Dallas I think is quite dry, his buckwheat was very short, mine was pretty tall. It was interesting to say the least.
Yes, buckwheat self-seeds like the dickens. Where I originally planted buckwheat I no longer sow there, nature does it all for me. If anything I have to cull many many buckwheat seedlings because they are growing where I don't want them.
This year I plan on having many areas of buckwheat sowed. I will gather the seed when it browns and I am going to make buckwheat husk pillows. My Husband has one, it is called a "Sabakowa" pillow. We bought it years and years ago and he loves it to pieces (sometimes I think more than me, hee, hee).
The buckwheat hull pillows are very nice to sleep on, they keep your head cool, they move around so you never get a hard lump on the pillow, and they are organic and natural fibres, so it is all good. That is my story with the buckwheat husk pillow, it should be fun.
My massage therapist has one and she is going to start to get them in for her customers, she recommends the buckwheat hull pillows to everyone. Maybe I could start a small buckwheat husk pillow, I think we paid about $60 or something like that for it, about 15 years ago. I don't think they wear out, hee, hee.
Kathy, good luck with the buckwheat, you will love to look at the beautiful beautiful flowers, and the bees will be ever so grateful to you......have a wonderful and beautifully awesome day, loving and grooving on our life. Cindi