Bulk flours and Gluten Free

[Wellspring]

LL:  red clover blossom, stinging nettle, comfrey leaf, and oatstraw; are these dehydrated or fresh or... And, is the oat straw green or ripe (ecru).  Also,how much per day per person are you using.

I ask as all these things are in overabundant supply in my yard right now and if they can be dehydrated I need to get busy. 

Anyone know where to obtain Oatstraw seeds?
Can't seem to find them via google.

[Dame]

Oatstraw seed; oat straw is the stem of the cerial grain, oats after they come out in head (start forming seeds). 

Go to any animal feed place and buy oats (unhusked animal feed); organic if you prefer, look up oats on the net; agricultural sites, and take a look at the plant and the seed.  If you harvest the straw green, leave some to ripen for the seed and then harvest the straw for the ecru variety.

All parts of the plants at all stages of development make excellent chicken feed.  Green oat hay is the whole plant, cut while still green and in head, dried in the field and collected into bales.  The ripe plants are cut and threshed for the seed, generally for animal feed and seed for the following year, and the straw (what is left after the ripe seed is removed) is used for animal bedding as a rule, or for roughage in animal diets.

It is an ideal animal bedding because it is very absorbant and composts easily.

[Dame]

BTW Oats are exceptionally easy to grow, and bulky to store.

[The Future]

I buy a lot of arrow head millls "raw whole" oats.  They don't sprout.     Can't be raw and whole.

[Lady Lilya]

Irradiated in transit, perhaps?  Ask them about it.

[Dame]

Oats would probably not sprout if the hull was removed; and, it is removed for human consumption because it is non digestable.  Hense the animal feed/oat seed type, and check that it has the hull on it. 

[The Future]

you are right.  No hull.

[Dame]

LL, I did a quick search on Comphrey and most of the references are explicit about external use only; stating it causes liver and kidney damage.  The one discenting reference I have is Jethro Kloss, "Back to Eden" where the root is ingested in limited quantities.

Do you have other information on the internal use of comphrey leaf?

I am also noting that both comphrey and nettle are high in potassium, is this the minieral you are primarily supplementing with these ingredients?

[Lady Lilya]

Comfrey ROOT is dangerous if used for extended periods, but various naturopaths have assured me that the leaf is fine. 

I am actually aiming for a huge variety of nutrients.  This recipe is designed to be a good all-purpose distribution of nutrients.  Comfrey is supposed to be a good anti-inflammatory for the digestive system.