OK! I'd guess "these big table-things that vibrate" refers to a same kind of piece of machinery I was operating at the mill.

This summer was rather rainy, which makes ergot more common So, I have to see how it goes in the following summers - be the weather less humid, and it might be that I don't have to bother that much about ergot.

I'll definitely post a blog entry when I get to try the coffee grinder. At the mill I was also operating that machine which has two drums next to each other, the drums rotate, making all the grain flattened to flakes. For a moment I was thinking about buying or constructing such a machine, as flakes are good for porridge. But then, since my harvest is this tiny, it would be wiser to go with the tools I happen to have at home.