Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 05/22/2017
My little guy came out to help me plant. Digging in the dirt is fun! Here is a picture of him planting a Tabasco pepper plant. If you can find a Tabasco pepper plant, I would encourage you to plant one. It is the most beautiful plant in the garden when the peppers come in. They are small and upturned and look like Christmas tree lights!
Then you make Pepper Sauce. Super easy. You just put the peppers into a jar and cover with white vinegar. In two weeks you have hot pepper sauce. Not too hot. You are basically making a tincture with vinegar instead of alcohol. And this is so pretty sitting on your table.
By the way Mmsg - my son says we don't have any wild oats growing near us here like we did when we lived in Kentucky!
And Robert Henry, what is the best way to keep down the weeds? I have heard of putting paper bags around the base of the plants to keep down weeds, but should I be concerned about chemicals in the paper? Thanks!
~Mama to Many~
Replied by Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe on 05/23/2017
Ha MtM! Just today I planted some oat groats from the health food store!! I had planted them last week, but the birds dug up every last one and ate them!! So for now I have them in a planter, covered.Do you know if "oat groat tea" (is there even such a thing??! ) will give the bone benefits that oatstraw tea does?
Replied by Robert Henry from Ten Mile , Tn on 05/23/2017
MAMA,,,,,,,,, you doing good and I can't add a whole lot to your program. I too, am planting tabasco pepper plants that a friend who gave us the old peppers. Just wish we still had some snot nose kids at home to help in the garden like you do.Whatever shuts out the sun will keep down weeds. We use woven mesh, but add last years leaves to augment. As you know you don't save money by growing a garden. You just eat healthier and that the reason EC exists.
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Replied by Robert Henry from Ten Mile , Tn on 05/23/2017
MAMA,,,,,,,, reread your post and if you want really hot pepper sauce then add olive oil. I learned that trick from my South Louisiana Cujun friends when I worked down there in the '60's. The oil pulls out the heat from the peppers.====ORH===
Replied by Robert Henry from Ten Mile, Tn on 05/24/2017
MAMA,,,,,,,,, what you know... that some folk don't, is that water is not water. I have an irrigation system from a spring, but that does not have the H2O2 that rain water does. It is raining cats and dogs here in East Tenn and my garden plants are reaching for the sky. It is bettern fertilizer. Plants love H2O2.How does rain obtain H2O2? The rain passes through the Ozone layer and picks up an extra Oxygen atom. H2O2 is an unstable compound and will soon loose the extra oxygen atom with time . That is the reason you buy it in a dark container. Light, time, and heat kill H2O2. Thus:
2H2O2----2H2O + O2
So... after awhile H2O2 turns to water and oxygen. If you pour it on a open wound and it does not fizz, then pour it out. It is no longer H2O2. It is just water.
Mama, I'll give you $3.50 for that little tow headed boy in your photo. He is precious.
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Replied by Mama To Many from Tn on 05/24/2017
Dear Robert Henry,Well, I didn't know the the difference in water that you have shared. I really appreciate the chemistry lesson!
Would something like this be the reason that farmers would plow snow into the ground?
We have had a lot of rain, too. I have a new appreciation for it.
Glad you like my little guy. I am pretty fond of him myself. He keeps me on my toes and laughing all the way.
~Mama to Many~
Replied by Mama To Many from Tn on 05/25/2017
Dear Mmsg,Regarding oats versus the oatstraw part of the plant- my herb books mostly discuss them interchangeably. I think their nutrient content is similar. This discussion about oats at Mountain Rose Herbs would indicate that the oatstraw tea tends to heal more over time. Both are excellent for the nervous system. Both have calcium and magnesium, making them good for the bones. I love oats and oatstraw as a healing food. Another great way to let your food be your medicine!
I have not heard of using the oats as a tea but don't see why you couldn't. It would likely be tastier than oatstraw tea, which kind of tastes like grass tea, to me. (Hmmm...but I have never actually consumed grass tea....)
https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/oatstraw/profile
~Mama to Many~
Replied by Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe on 06/01/2017
MtM, around here there are tons of a plant that looks like oatstraw pictures on Google, but they have a sliver of an excuse for a seed. So I dunno if they are wild oats at all. So I planted oat groats (seeds) in a flowerpot....but they didn't grow! Makes me wonder if they are fit for human consumption. And they don't sell oatstraw for tea in health food stores here. And, I've cut down on eating grains. So I'm wondering how to get the benefits of oats. Any ideas?Replied by Mama To Many from Tn on 06/03/2017
Dear Mmsg,Replied by HealeoPaleo from oregon on 10/09/2026
Hi Mama to Many --I appreciated your naming nettle in your reply -- both oatstraw and nettle are rich in silica, and do some of the same things. Oats have it, too, and are considered the best dietary source.
The reason our friend's oat planting attempts failed is that hulled oats are stabilized, even organic ones. I am not sure if that is a nitrogen process or what, but they won't germinate.
Are you still around and raising goats? I'd like to invite you to my healing with food community. Your posts here are all great and we'd love to have you. My own deal is that I spent nearly 40 years healing from childhood illness with food.
Thanks for doing what you do
Healeo Paleo
Ps. Azure Standard has great oatstraw, reasonably priced, but it takes a lot to make tea. They also have great organic oats at low cost.
