LOW-IMPACT LIVING: GRAIN SILOS, FLOUR MILLS, SPROUTING POTS, AND MORE FROM HAWOS OF GERMANY

To be filed under: something we’d like to own for our idyllic, bread-baking, seed-sprouting, whole-grain life in the future. In truth, none of us at Remodelista has ever ground our own flour, but we have friends who swear by the benefits (better flavor, far more nutritious). And we were so delighted by the look of these wooden home mills, grain silos, and companion accessories made by Hawos of Germany that we’re ready to start—or, at least, to contemplate welcoming these accessories into our tiny kitchens.

Above: Hawos grain silos at Randvoll Unverpackt, one of Germany’s ground-breaking package-free supermarkets. The store offers customers a mill to grind their own flour. Above: Hawos Glass Silos also work well for home use. Prices start at €225.40 and range depending on size and number ordered. Above: The Hawos Molere, €210,  is a hand-cranked grain mill for everyday kitchen use. Made of solid beech and beech plywood, it has a detachable funnel and ceramic grinding stone, and comes with a glass catch-all. Above: The Billy, €299, and Billy 2, €399, are made of sold bird and birch plywood. Find the complete Hawos line as well as wooden mills from other brands at Happy Mills.

Ready to consider milling your own flour for easy bread baking? My friend Giti Koenig has been doing it for years. She orders whole grains online from Azure Market, mills the amount of flour she needs (it doesn’t keep for long), and makes Mark Bittman’s much-celebrated No-Knead Bread from Jim Lahey: “Using a sour dough starter, it takes me a total of about three minutes to make a loaf. At one point, I was baking one a day.”

Above: The Hawos Phoenix, €149, is hand-cranked flaker of solid beach (temporarily out of stock due to high demand). It’s used for turning oats and other grains into flakes for homemade muesli and oatmeal. Above: Hawos Sprouts, €47, are clay germinating pots for growing your own sprouts in a matter of days. Above: Hawos also makes Grain Bags of washable cotton that protect the contents from light exposure; these start at $35 for a three-kilo sack from Happy Mills. Hawos also sells the beech wall bracket.

If you want to try small-batch flour before committing to your own mill, Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks recommends Cainspring Mills and Hayden Flour Mills as two good sources.

For more package-free living ideas, check out our latest book, Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home.

Also see:

• 6 Low-Impact Deconstructed Kitchens
• Steal This Look: The Low-Impact Kitchen
• Found Space: An Architect Couple’s Laundry Closet, Under-Stair Storage, and Postage Stamp Powder Room
• Gift Guide: 13 Presents for the Low-Impact Kitchen

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