Buckwheat Pillows

Buckwheat Pillow Heaven

I was just doing some work on my web site, and I happened to take a look at this picture. That’s all it took. This isn’t going to be much of a post, because I suddenly remembered how much I missed my buckwheat pillow – meaning I’m getting sleepy.

My wife is not home tonight. She’s taking care of an ailing sister-in-law. That means I have the whole bed to myself tonight – just me and my buckwheat pillows. Don’t get me wrong. I do miss my wife, but those buckwheat pillows do soothe my head, if not my heart.

The bed is short one buckwheat pillow, because, like me, my wife never goes anywhere without her buckwheat pillow. But I’m okay as long as she doesn’t take mine. If she would get the wrong one, I’d know it, because we each have our own preference for the amount of hulls we each like in our pillow. You tend to get pretty possessive about your buckwheat pillow, because you customize it to exactly the malleability that just suits you perfectly by adjusting the amount of hulls you have in your pillow. If you don’t have a buckwheat pillow to sleep on, you just don’t understand.

I really feel sorry for you, but all I can do is do my best to enlighten you, and offer to sell you one. The rest is entirely up to you. You have to go to Buckwheat Glory .com and fill out the order. I’m making it as easy and simple as I can, and I go to sleep on my buckwheat pillow with a clear conscience. I’ve done my part.

I’m purposely not putting an image in this post, because no one image serves my purpose. Instead, go to your favorite search engine, like Google, Yahoo etc., and type in “dust mites”. then surf from site to site and enjoy the pictures. These are what your pillows are full of unless you sleep on a buckwheat bed pillow. Refer back to my previous post to get the details. Not to fret. Just click on the blue hyper-link right here, and I’ll bet you can figure out what you need to do. Okay, I’ll make it simple. BUY YOUR FAMILY BUCKWHEAT PILLOWS.

removable pillow filling - buckwheat hulls

House dust mites are microscopic critters (extremely disgusting looking – I might add) that live on dead skin cells and dander. They are not known to carry contagious diseases, but do cause asthma and other allergic reactions.

It is virtually impossible to eradicate them, but the volume of them can be controlled. A single dust mite produces about 20 waste droppings per day, which contains a protein to which many people are allergic, and which cause reactions ranging from itchy eyes and chronically stuffy noses, on up to full blown asthma attacks. Estimates are that dust mites may be a factor in 50 to 80% of asthmatics, as well as unknown numbers of cases of eczema, hay fever, and other allergic reactions.

Ten percent of the weight of a 2 year old conventional pillow (as opposed to a buckwheat pillow) may be composed of dead mites and mite droppings. This is where the beauty and advantages of a buckwheat hull pillow shine. It is recommended that pillow coverings and cases be washed in very hot water at least every 2 weeks. The only pillow I know of with a loose filling that you can do this with, is a buckwheat hull filled pillow with a zipper. The other remedy is to discard the pillow at least every 6 months. That gets expensive, and a lot of dust mites can accumulate in a pillow in 6 months.

The important factor here is that the buckwheat hull filling itself does not support dust mite infestations, so when you wash the pillow cases and covers – problem solved.

Protect your family’s health and buy nothing but buckwheat pillows, including travel pillows – for obvious reasons. Just imagine what’s alive (and dead) in those motel and hotel pillows!

Buckwheat Pillows = REM Sleep

I recently was thumbing through a magazine and saw an article about “Things you should never buy off the internet”. It mentioned a number of items that I would agree you probably wouldn’t want to buy off the web.

Then I saw “pillows”. It made me stop and think. It explained how there were some things that you just needed to feel, which you obviously can’t do on the web, at least not yet. I agree with this assessment – as it pertains to most pillows, but not buckwheat pillows.

I can hear the howls of derision already. What hypocrisy. Don’t buy any pillows on the internet, with the express exception of the particular ones he happens to be selling. What obvious discrimination! Okay, wait a minute, hear me out.

Pillows, other than buckwheat pillows, can vary tremendously in their “feel”,as the “feel” of all the various qualities of different kinds of feathers, down, feather-down combinations, different densities of foam, solid vs fragmented foams, foam mixtures, etc. will each have their own distinct characteristics. Thus there would be a distinct advantage in being able to actually feel the pillow.

However, as far as “feel” is concerned, a buckwheat hull is a buckwheat hull. Pillows filled with buckwheat hulls feel like a pillow filled with buckwheat hulls. Not that there isn’t a difference in quality as in the difference in organic vs non-organic, triple vacuumed vs non-vacuumed, but you can’t feel any difference.

 The other big difference, at least where I live, is that your choice of selection would be severely limited. You’re lucky if you can find 2 stores stocking buckwheat pillows. In this part of the world they are so relatively unknown yet that there are very few stores that handle them. In addition, the reputable web merchants offer a money back satisfaction guarantee, so they can’t afford to offer something you won’t be satisfied with, and you have no risk since you can return it if it’s not what you want.

 And, importantly, you don’t need to worry about the volume of the filling, as it is adjustable via the zipper. So go ahead and order your buckwheat pillow on the web. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

buckwheat neck pillow

Buckwheat grows well on relatively poor soil, and chemical fertilizers are not necessary or cost effective. Buckwheat also has a very low incidence of insect or fungal pests, and thus requires no chemical insecticides or fungicides.

In light of these facts, and the fact that meeting the certification requirements of the “Certified Organic” designation is a very time consuming and expensive process, it would mean that buckwheat pillow costs would go up excessively compared to the insignificant benefits of having the “Certified” title applied.

Another factor entering into the equation, is the fact that buckwheat is grown on a much smaller scale, than are most other crops. You would still have most of the time and expense involved in meeting the “Certified” requirements spread over a significantly smaller crop production, thereby greatly increasing the per unit cost of production.

Bottom line is that it would not be economically feasible to pay a much higher price for a buckwheat pillow designated “certified” when it would be virtually identical, for all practical purposes, to a 100% organic buckwheat pillow. If the “certified” pillow doesn’t carry a much higher price tag, then it must make up the difference by using either inferior hulls, or covering material, or possibly eliminating the zipper. The only other remedy would be to simply reduce the size of the pillow, thereby using less buckwheat hulls. It’s just too big a price to pay for whatever benefit, if any, is achieved.

An Overfilled Buckwheat Pillow

Many people don’t experience the fullest enjoyment of their buckwheat pillows, at least at first, because they have them too full.

Many merchants purposely overfill their buckwheat pillows because first impressions are important. People who are used to regular pillows are used to seeing a plump, full, pillow. If they open a box and see a rather flat, under filled pillow some will immediately return them, or at least say “Hey! I’m being ripped off here”.

I counter this with an overfilled pillow and an instruction sheet advising them to remove nearly 1/2 of the buckwheat hulls, along with a plastic bag to facillitate their removal and storage.

But there is a problem. Many people don’t read instructions. They use their new pillow right out of the box without reading the instructions. Now they find it too firm and unyielding.

The hulls must have room inside the cover to freely move and shape themselves to your head and neck. To get any additional desired height or loft to the pillow, you just push inward on the ends of the pillow and it will “bunch up” in the center.If this sounds complicated, don’t worry. It’s just what you naturally feel like doing to a pillow that’s not as fat as you’d like it. The good thing is that on a buckwheat pillow it works wonderfully well.

But don’t take my word for it. Buy a buckwheat pillow and try it for yourself. You’ll really be glad you did.

Sleeping is one luxury that everyone can afford.  And when you have a good buckwheat pillow, you can really have a relaxing night’s sleep.  But if you are a frequent traveler, you still want to have the comforts of your own pillow.  The solution is to get buckwheat travel pillows that you can take anywhere.  

The buckwheat travel pillows are smaller than the luxurious bed pillows.  They are still made with buckwheat hulls and are 100% organic.  You can also get the pillow with a case so you don’t have to look for the right pillowcase in stores.  You can get a restful sleep in any hotel that you go to and feel just as good as sleeping in your home.

Modern Buckwheat Pillow

The Japanese and other eastern cultures were using buckwheat hull pillows 2 – 3 thousand years ago. I think sometimes we tend to think in our modern arrogant way, that ancient people were not too smart. While lots of things hadn’t been invented yet, and modern technologies were unknown, given what was known, those people must have been very intelligent. If we were suddenly put in their culture, could we survive?

Think about the Mayan Indians in S. America. They had mathematical systems that modern mathematicians with all their computers have still not mastered. They also had a fantastic understanding of astronomy – and they had no telescopes.

The ancient people of Egypt and Ireland, to mention just a couple, built stone structures that would tax modern engineers and construction companies with all their formulas, computers, bulldozers and cranes to emulate.

And then there is the buckwheat pillow. Two to three thousand years ago the orientals figured out the best pillow ever devised, and today we’re struggling with all our media and computers just to educate people as to what their advantages and practicalities are. Now who’s dumb and who’s smart?

You now have the knowledge of the advantages and practicalities of the buckwheat pillow. Don’t get left in the dark ages.

You waited months to buy a car. The same for tires. You couldn’t buy a gun. My mother’s teaching salary was $270 a year. She bought a new Ford coupe in 1937 for $270.

My point? Buckwheat pillows cost about the same as a good conventional pillow, but they last 15 years or more, and the hulls improve with use. They don’t support dust mite infestations, so you’re not advised to throw them away after six months use. My buckwheat pillows are organic. They’re healthy. Buckwheat pillows are the only pillows that make any practical sense. Above all buckwheat pillows provide comfortable, relaxing, luxurious sleep. Buy one for each family member. What the heck –  buy one for the dog.

Easter Bunny Nest

If you have young children who are anticipating the arrival of the Easter Bunny, why not provide the Easter Bunny with a really nice buckwheat pillow for his (her) nest this year instead of the usual cheap basket with the fake grass?

Buckwheat pillows are so easily shaped into a nest, and with just a little wiggling the Easter Bunny can change his (her) position and be so much more comfortable. Also, since buckwheat hulls allow air circulation and have a very low heat retention and transfer rates, The bunny won’t get overly warm in his (her) efforts to lay those eggs.

The best part is, since the Easter Bunny uses a separate nest for each child, guess what! You will have exactly the right number of buckwheat pillows so that each child will have a buckwheat pillow of their own, so they can sleep and dream about Easter Bunnies on their very own Easter Bunny nest. Wouldn’t that be cute?