On planting, I have a wood rake I made with fence pickets for teeth. It cuts furrows every 6 inches and raises a ridge between them. I rake the plot out straight. I scatter oats or rye or buckwheat on that and then rake it flat at an angle to the furrows. That covers the seed very well and leaves it in rows and it doesn't leave clumps of seed or skips. On cutting with a scythe, you have to sweep toward the already cut side and you have twist at the waist and not swing your arms. Put your hat under your left arm and hold it there to teach yourself not to swing your arms. The blade should ride the ground. My back is too old to do it now.
Thank you very much for this interesting and tutorial clip. Very inspiring. When growing decorative grass in perennial flower beds I use a Japanese kind of sickle to prune the grass in spring and autumn. It has a bit different design because the edge has got teeth which makes it very efficient when cutting grass. Look up herbateous sickle from Niwaki. Grab a bunch of straws and cut it with the sickle pulling the sickle towards you. It works a bit like a saw, its very sharp. This kind of sickle is used when harvesting smaller fields of rice in Japan according to the company that sells them. Which you and your family all the best. Greetings from Stockholm.🇸🇪
Great video. Very well put together. You have done everyone a service documenting this process from start to finish. There is a way to modify the scythe with a catch hook that the stalks are scooped and gathered with so at the end of a cut you can dump a pile of stalks in a pile facing the same direction. But you need a really sharp scythe. May want to look into Maine based scythe supply to maybe buy a new head for your scythe if possible.
Impressive!!!! Our daughter and grand daughter have recently been diagnosed with celiac and, since gluten free oat groats are wildly expensive where I live, I'm going to give this a try! Plus, it's always fun to try something new in the garden! Just as an aside, I successfully grew amaranth last year and it was really easy to harvest if you're looking for another gluten-free staple.
If you are interested in curing celiac you need to restore the circulatory system. Use Strauss Heart, you will notice a change in your stool after about a year. At that point you should find you body will tolerate gluten.
Fascinating, following your progress! So interesting. Thank you! This is my first year trying wheat...and that worked well. But would like to try oats too, so this is interesting. I wonder...would a sieve help you separate your grain from your chaff? I'll keep watching, to see how you get on! Good luck!
Third time's the charm? Will watch the video if you change your mind and record this year's harvest :) Sounded like you are planning on planting the remaining seeds and not your harvest - could it be better to plant seeds from your harvest? (i.e that have grown in your climate) I have almost no experience with a scythe, but I have seen youtube-videoes on scything-techniques - maybe you need to perfection your scything-technique to make the oats fall in the same direction? Thanks for making the video :)
I saw your first video and I thought that you should try an electric hedge clipper 😊that is basically a mini sickle bar. Thanks for a great description of the whole process
I got super excited when you said you were in Cache Valley. I live on the north side of the border, so I’m always looking for gardeners in my zone/area to learn tips and tricks from! Can I ask where you found your hulless oats? Thank you for sharing your experiments with us. I use that same phrase when I plant my garden. Every year it’s an experiment! 😅
Could you tell us what variety of hulless oats you grew? When I look, it seems they mostly all recommended for livestock. Is there sort that is best for people food? If you mentioned it, I missed, I apologize, Thanks.
I was raised in the country, and had to unlearn a whole bunch of mis-conjugation that everyone used when I was growing up. Most of my elementary and high school teachers were ' locals ' so used the incorrect conjugations also. When I went to college, it was a nightmare, it is so hard to unlearn crap that you spent 15 years speaking. If you paid attention, he had a couple other ones.
Very interesting experiment. It's always good to see a start to finish sort of presentation. Thank you for taking the time to produce this.
On planting, I have a wood rake I made with fence pickets for teeth. It cuts furrows every 6 inches and raises a ridge between them. I rake the plot out straight. I scatter oats or rye or buckwheat on that and then rake it flat at an angle to the furrows. That covers the seed very well and leaves it in rows and it doesn't leave clumps of seed or skips.
On cutting with a scythe, you have to sweep toward the already cut side and you have twist at the waist and not swing your arms. Put your hat under your left arm and hold it there to teach yourself not to swing your arms. The blade should ride the ground. My back is too old to do it now.
Please! Make more videos! I really enjoyed then and learned some things along the way. Many Blessings. ♥️
would love to see another video if you find new insight on the process! thanks so much for this, we're going to try!
Thank you very much for this interesting and tutorial clip. Very inspiring. When growing decorative grass in perennial flower beds I use a Japanese kind of sickle to prune the grass in spring and autumn. It has a bit different design because the edge has got teeth which makes it very efficient when cutting grass. Look up herbateous sickle from Niwaki. Grab a bunch of straws and cut it with the sickle pulling the sickle towards you. It works a bit like a saw, its very sharp. This kind of sickle is used when harvesting smaller fields of rice in Japan according to the company that sells them. Which you and your family all the best. Greetings from Stockholm.🇸🇪
Great video. Very well put together. You have done everyone a service documenting this process from start to finish. There is a way to modify the scythe with a catch hook that the stalks are scooped and gathered with so at the end of a cut you can dump a pile of stalks in a pile facing the same direction. But you need a really sharp scythe. May want to look into Maine based scythe supply to maybe buy a new head for your scythe if possible.
Thanks for the follow up!! Amazing what can happen in two years
Glyphosate might be the cause rather than gluten … ps love your channel. Thanks for this. It’s just what I needed as I plan to plant hulled oats year
Impressive!!!! Our daughter and grand daughter have recently been diagnosed with celiac and, since gluten free oat groats are wildly expensive where I live, I'm going to give this a try! Plus, it's always fun to try something new in the garden! Just as an aside, I successfully grew amaranth last year and it was really easy to harvest if you're looking for another gluten-free staple.
If you are interested in curing celiac you need to restore the circulatory system. Use Strauss Heart, you will notice a change in your stool after about a year. At that point you should find you body will tolerate gluten.
Fascinating, following your progress! So interesting. Thank you! This is my first year trying wheat...and that worked well. But would like to try oats too, so this is interesting. I wonder...would a sieve help you separate your grain from your chaff? I'll keep watching, to see how you get on! Good luck!
love you videos! check your sythe technique. from what I've seen, you swing in the same motion of the sythe curve. you are kind of hit and dragging.
Please video next year! I love your videos
Thank you for taking your time to show us everything. Many Blessings. ♥️
Do the next year!!!!
Great video! Thank you for showing the whole process! ❤
Amazing video thank you. Would replanting your harvest result in a better yeald next year? Would love an update next year. All the best
I would actually like to see ankther video on this
Great Video
*Thank you so much for clearly explaining every step, and for showing various methods.*
Third time's the charm? Will watch the video if you change your mind and record this year's harvest :)
Sounded like you are planning on planting the remaining seeds and not your harvest - could it be better to plant seeds from your harvest? (i.e that have grown in your climate)
I have almost no experience with a scythe, but I have seen youtube-videoes on scything-techniques - maybe you need to perfection your scything-technique to make the oats fall in the same direction?
Thanks for making the video :)
Thank you so much for your thorough videos on growing oats!
Do you use a rototiller to cultivate your ground? I wonder if I could to that to my 10x5 field of grass I will be growing.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. Best of luck with next year’s crop!
Thanks for sharing! Where did you get the hulless oats? Last video you said you had trouble sourcing it
Great video!! Thank you for journaling this and show us!! Best of luck in your future garden ambitions 😊
I saw your first video and I thought that you should try an electric hedge clipper 😊that is basically a mini sickle bar. Thanks for a great description of the whole process
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I got super excited when you said you were in Cache Valley. I live on the north side of the border, so I’m always looking for gardeners in my zone/area to learn tips and tricks from! Can I ask where you found your hulless oats? Thank you for sharing your experiments with us. I use that same phrase when I plant my garden. Every year it’s an experiment! 😅
I bought hulless oats from a company called Albert Lea Seed. Phone number 1-800-352-5247.
What about using a electric hedge trimmer to harvest the oats?
I feel bad for commenting late on the last video and then seeing a new video is up.
Try using harvest sickles from the Indian PUNJAB. It's called a date. Very efficient when squatting position
Have you thought of using electric or battery powered hedge trimmer?
Could you tell us what variety of hulless oats you grew? When I look, it seems they mostly all recommended for livestock. Is there sort that is best for people food? If you mentioned it, I missed, I apologize, Thanks.
I wonder if a string trimmer would work? 🤔
Hello sir, very ambitious, a thought on the birds, raking it in after broadcast may help with that.
Put a wooden Owl on a post near your crop.
why are there still hulls on hull less oats? Am I missing something?
Try using a gas or electric hedge trimmer
He did try that one last year's oats.
Seems that you put down way to much seed. You should get 5 or 6 tillers (stalks) from each seed.
I wanted to give you an additional link that explained "tillering of oats". ( th-cam.com/video/uV0jD25WbJI/w-d-xo.html ) Start at 5:00 min. interval.
How do you connect your hose to the PVC pipe?
If you go to Home Depot, the part is called 3/4 in. Slip x MHT PVC Hose Fitting
Consider sorghum instead of oats.
Sorghum tastes like soap. I orderwd a bunch and had to throw it all out
"we was"?
I was raised in the country, and had to unlearn a whole bunch of mis-conjugation that everyone used when I was growing up. Most of my elementary and high school teachers were ' locals ' so used the incorrect conjugations also. When I went to college, it was a nightmare, it is so hard to unlearn crap that you spent 15 years speaking. If you paid attention, he had a couple other ones.
Ya like to much physical labor, hire Amish to do it😅