In nigeria, amaranth leaves are eaten quite often. My parents call it efo tété. I had no idea they were so beneficial until I researched the English name and found out it comes from the amaranth plant!

@gilamonsta5123

3 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me how you cook it? Thanks and blessings.

@shekinah4651

3 жыл бұрын

@@gilamonsta5123 not entirely sure about the step by step “how to” but there are lots of videos online about how to make it on KZread. This dish can also be called “Efo riro” so if you type in “how to make efo riro” or “how to make efo tete” on KZread then you should find some videos on it. Here is one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lK2mrqxymKuxiJc.html (Please note, some people may use spinach or other greens to make the dish but it’s still the same principle regardless of what leaf you use) From what I know, the main ingredients you need are palm oil, the amaranth leaves, onions and few bell peppers and tomatoes. (The bell pepper and tomatoes are usually blended together) There are other ingredients which are used to bring flavour but they can be hard to find if you don’t live close to an Afro-Caribbean market, the ones I listed are the basics. Let me know if you find this to be of any help!

There's another species of Amaranth we call calaloo in Jamaica. It's one of our favorite greens in Jamaica.The leaves are very delicious when cooked... Also great taste when combined with other greens like kale and collard. Just had some for lunch too

I've been eating this plant for years. I was introduced to it in Jamaica. I love it, and I grow this planet. It's a tasty food source that can be combined with spinach, kale, and other vegetables.

Wild amaranth, known as pigweed, grows abundantly locally all by itself so I harvest the leaves for free and dry for similar use. That and wild quinoa, known as goosefoot, are two of my favorite greens. Between those and pokeweed, dandelions, and dock I haven't bothered to grow greens and can use my garden space for other things. Except in winter when I grow mostly greens under LEDs. It's hard to beat delicious, free crops that grow like weeds! Then again once it gets established cultivated amaranth does too.

Aman - GOD is good all the time! Blessings from Canada (Gordon's wife)

I'm growing it by accident. Apparently it likes to grow next to our corn. I didn't know what it was until today. Thanks for this information!

I'm surprised you don't grow scarlet runners around the amaranth. They love to climb those amaranth and augment the flowers and the scarlet runners amplify the nitrogen in the soil for amaranths. It makes them grow taller, which lets the runner climb higher.

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

While I do grow scarlet runners around just about anything I can, the reason I do not with the Amaranth or corn is that in our climate, these things do not grow fast enough to keep up with the beans.

We know these as Quelites in Mex. And they are sooo good cooked with beans as a soup or with eggs in the morning! Marked my life! So delicious! So I just received seeds this week...I know its late in the season but might as well give it a try!

Years ago my sis gave me one of those long flowers. She was very effusive about how beautiful they are! At the time, neither of us knew about the grain or the health/medicinal properties. ☺️ Wish I'd have known then what I know now!

I had to go back and find this video- A few years ago I had put Amaranth on my list of things to grow after watching this video- I'm growing Amaranth this year and needed to go back and see the health benefits! Thank you for all of the information you put out here for us.

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Whoa, how did I miss this old comment! It is a great plant in so many ways! :D

Grew the Hopi amaranth this year it is beautiful. I love it.

I have them in my yard but the flowers are green now I appreciate them more I cook them like I do other veggies love your nice garden sweet lady talking about amaranth

Great post, thank you! I've been growing love lies bleeding and hopi red amaranth for a few years and had no idea the leaves had such value

I've never bothered to research this wonderful plant but I and many people in southern Africa grew up on amoranth leaves fresh and dehydrated. It's most prised for its young leaves. Tswana people call it thepe. 'Morogo wa thepe' being the greens

Thank you! I just started these and was curious what they really needed and looked like! God bless 💜

I’m so thankful for you the world is a better place because of you ! Blessings and love

This is my first year growing them...one of the few things doing well in our gardens...

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Good thing you have at least that. I was listening to Danny on his porch time chat the other day and he was talking about how a lot of people are having crop failures this year including them with things they have been growing for many years. Sad and like I said in another comment, I cannot help but wonder how much of this is caused by the garbage they are spraying in our skies

I couldn't believe it when you said you don't worry about getting too much iron from this plant. You answered the question just as I was asking it. I have hereditary hemochromatosis and wondered about the added iron. You talked me into it.

Wow, I didn’t know they help other plants that grow around them. I am going try to grow some of them because, of that and other reasons! Thanks.

I dont know about any other homesteaders but energy boost.. With summer coming im going to need some everyday😀

I foiund the answer to my question in your video about adding amaraith to my greens! Nancy

Glad I found your channel. I knew something that pretty had to have a good use!

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandy! I seems I keep learning that same thing about every plant. It usually starts as a hunch that gets me into researching it and most of the time I find exactly what I thought :D

You know what's funny, I only use my amaranth for the leaves. I use it like spinach in the summer. My kids really like it in pho. I've actually never eaten the seeds. This year I'm growing a calaloo/Caribbean variety and Chinese variety. I prefer the taste of the Chinese variety, but the Caribbean one is growing more prolifically w/ less pest pressure.

I'm doing amaranth this year. Really looking forward to it. Thanks for your video.

Thanks for the information. So much to learn.

I have the same strain and it's so beautiful and also it grows no matter what you do to it and I did get a lot of volunteers yeah

Very cool looking plant, I've never used or even saw a amarith plant in person

You have a beautiful garden! Up north it's not possible to get as large a variety or size of vegetables but I do try, lol. The Love Lies Bleeding amaranth is stunning and has inspired me to try it. Every once in awhile the wild Strawberry Blight plant shows up in the garden and I harvest the seeds so I might have luck growing an amaranth variety in our zone 3 next summer, just for the fun of it. Thank you for the tour of your garden, atb.

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

How far north are you? We are on the Northern part of the peninsula of WA (AKA - The Twilight Zone). Many things are quite a challenge here because of all the rain we get and our short growing season, but I keep trying!

@tallcedars2310

6 жыл бұрын

We are in northeastern B.C. Canada, in Peace Country. This year I was able to grow a few stocks of corn that have not grown more than a couple feet before. It's a boreal forest that usually has a lot of moisture but this year was dry. Makes for difficult gardening but we sure can grow carrots and potatoes! Won't ever starve but variety will be limited at times as our average temperature is 20 c in the 3 months of summer we have. This year we had an extra month as our first killer frost hasn't arrived yet but is due in a couple days, it has been lovely!

Just cam across your channel and totally love all the info thanx for sharing such great content 😀

Thank you for this video. We’ve had amaranth volunteer in our garden in past years, but I only recently learned that it’s edible. We use the cattle panels to grow things, too. Butternut squash is great on an arched trellis, since I don’t have to stoop down to find the squash. I was curious about growing pumpkins on a trellis - would they get so heavy that the stem would break? No - we had a very large pumpkin hanging in the air one year, and the stem just kept getting stronger. It never did break.

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, this video is old and we have since built a second one and I have grown several different types of squash, including pumpkin and did get a pretty big one that did just fine

In the ancient South Indian language Tamil, the word "maranthe" ( which is the root word of amaranth) means medicine.

Wow! Great info!

Ty Heidi for sharing!

Wow thank you I will try to grow one in each raised bed

I grew Amararith last year but didn't know how to use it and all the benefits. I was surprised to see it has reseeded and is coming up again this year! Can I put some of this in my greens mixture? Nancy

@Eyes2C.

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Great in salads. It helps with anemia, blood pressure, protects against Alzheimers. Loads of health benefits. It reseeds itself and will come back year after year.

Thanks for the info

Thank you excited to grow amaranth for the pollinators and for my recipes.

thanks so much for this video. I'm starting a food garden next year (my bee garden is all set up and going) and this is one of the plant seeds I've ordered. I did not know about the leaves and I'm intrigued with dehydrating them. Hmmm wonder if I can just capsule that to take as a supplement ...

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

You sure could, I just find it easiest to add such dehydrated greens that I have blended together into most of my dinners. Though I do make my own supplements too :)

Thank you for sharing. God Bless you and yours

I’m really luck because amaranth grows like a weed in my area of San Jose, Ca. There is a huge field of it in the creek by my house. The love lie’s bleeding strain grows like a weed in my garden ❤

Wow, your flowers are huge!

Just ordered some of your amaranth seeds, barely in the nick of time as they were almost sold out. This plant is SO useful AND beautiful. I want to learn how to make grain from it. Hope you are still planning on doing that video (along with the one on saving the seeds!)

@RainCountryHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

That is odd because I have quite a few still listed and a lot more I can package up, of course I think Etsy advertises a lot of things as nearly sold out when there are plenty! haha

@elizabethc9832

2 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead Must have been an Etsy glitch. No matter, all is well that ends well. :)

@katkinslow

Жыл бұрын

Hello! Do You happen to still have any seeds? Thanks!

Beautiful girl with beautiful knowledge and mind.

I'm growing a variety of amaranth. I knew the seed was a grain replacement but didn't know about the leaves or just how nutritious it all is.

Heidi, you are the bomb!! Love, love, love this one !!😚

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

It also is an amazing dye for fabric!

very interesting and informative video on the Benefits of Amaranth Leaves

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Always apprecate your kind words and interaction :)

It’s so hard to figure out where to plant things at my house because we have huge trees everywhere. Everything can’t have the little bit of sun I manage to find. I’m discovering most of my stuff is going to be slower and smaller than if grown with more sun. But at least I get something which is worth it.

Exactly....that's how our gardens are this year...im usually canning lots of tomatoes...I have none yet...our radishes and dakons are very Woody this year for some reason...lots of things we grow all the time are not making it...

I just bought, and planted, some Coral Fountain Amaranth!

I really like this video, Those are gorgeous Amaranth plants! I am always interested in the health benefits of different plants. Please show and tell about the ashwagandha plants. It is an awesome adaptogen. I take it with gotu kola:) If you could do a series on your plants and the health benefits of them and how to make medicine from them and how to use them, that would be awesome! Thanks!

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I actually have quite a few videos about the different herbs I grow. I have not made a video on each yet but have been working on it. This video here is part of that playlist though I do need to make sure I have ALL of them in the playlist, I sometimes forget to do that.

Just saw this. I grow Amaranth for my chickens. They love the worms more so far, but once the flowers came out, they head just for that part of the 'chicken garden' when I let them out. I can't tell for sure if they are into the millet. They turned their beaks up at the swiss chard but I discovered that I like it and put it in my salads. :-)

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

My chickens don't mind millet but I have family that used to have chickens and they would not eat it

@marthaadams8326

3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead Guess like humans, they have their own taste likes and dislikes :-)

@marthaadams8326

Жыл бұрын

@@MyButtercup Good to know

Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. God bless your❤❤❤

I love watching you and gleaning your knowledge! Thank you so much for blessing myself, my family, and the world with the gifts and knowledge the Lord gave you. I have a vinegar question; I really need your help here. I started a ginger vinegar last week with just ginger peels, sugar, and pure water. Day three i discovered when I went to do my daily stir that it had all become gelatinous and is still so. It smells great and each morning there’s tiny bubbles around the edges at the top of the jar. Do I scrap it, keep it going, finish it and mix it with another vinegar to thin it out? Eek! Help PLEASE! (Thank you again!)

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

If you have a gelatinous layer at the top, that is totally normal, it is the scoby forming

@GuardianAngelWatcher

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the whole jar that’s gelatinous 😲 and more like a pure aloe gel than a scoby

Another way to use the leaves is to shred them and mix with other veggies for egg rolls! I just made a batch of tofu egg rolls with lambs quarters in the mix.

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I love mixing in my various fresh greens into my egg rolls. Another video I keep meaning to do but keep forgetting! haha

They look great...Mine got over five feet high....Will you dry out the flower ? I didn't know about the leaves..My first time growing..

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Though the flowers are edible too, I am mostly concerned about saving the seed from it. I suppose whatever flower is intact after getting all the seed out, I can consider doing something with but it is doubtful I will bother with it this year.

So nutrients full veggies and grains. I have documented it on my channel too. Great content 👍

Hi Heidi! I just ordered some of these seeds from you. I live in a kinda unique living arrangement and I don't want to use all the seeds right now. I know I can get more from the plant of course but I really want to hang onto a few for future planting in a parcel of land that will be my own. Do you think I will get a decent size plant from 15 seeds?

@RainCountryHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you should but climate variations and soil can also change the over all outcome

I tried to subscribe , but , got a message that says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Thanks for making this great KZread video about growing amaranth !!!!

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't know a person could have too many! haha

@kenbrown438

3 ай бұрын

​@@RainCountryHomestead: We had red amaranth volunteer in our community garden !!!! Growing six feet tall and producing thousands of seeds !!!! The leaves tasted good cooked like spinach or eaten raw !!!!

Thank you

Not sure when you started your winter squash plants indoors, but I started my zucchini and cucumber indoors this year and it worked out pretty well. I sowed them into pots around April 22-26, they germinated April 26-30, I started hardening them off in early May, and then left them outside permanently in their pots starting May 13 when the nights were consistently 50F or higher. I planted the zucchinis into their garden beds on May 17, and the cucumbers the day after. There was a set-back on May 28 when we had a lot of cold weather (around 40F all day - and 45F the night before and after - yup it was colder during the day than at night). It didn't have a noticeable affect on the zucchini but the cucumbers took a fair bit of damage. Then I direct sowed some more cucumbers the day after. I got my first harvest of zucchini on June 24, and now they're consistently making fruit on a daily basis. The transplanted cucumbers are now vining up 3 ft off the ground, meanwhile the direct sown cucumbers (which are about a month younger) are only about 1ft tall. My main takeaway though is that you want to start them in large pots - I used mostly 20-25 ounce yogurt pots; and you want to start them much later than tomatoes, peppers, etc because they grow really fast - I started hardening them off barely a week after they germinated and transplanted them about 3 weeks after they germinated.

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

This is actually a pretty old video but I always start some in the greenhouse and then in May direct seed. This year, because of the late cold, I direct seeded in June. The ones I direct seed later always do better than the ones I start in the greenhouse.

@Lochness19

3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead Is that just for winter squash or for other cucurbits too?

In India It is called red spinach Cheeerra in Malayalam Sauteee with onion garlic and some spices and even coconut meal Eaten with rice !!!!!

Do you have a video about your dried mixed greens mix that you mentioned?

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aK5spZmdh9SaccY.html

I appreciate your videos and information...I think Amaranth is very beautiful...excited to grow some..in an edible Landscape.

@keepthefaith1912

6 жыл бұрын

Amaranth and Moranga..could be a great duo-

This is great. Good to see.Give your valuable comments to improve our channel thank you. Stay connected and stay blessed

I am growing Red Garnet Aramanth this year as it is identified as the one used for grain. All I could find about ‘love lies bleeding Aramanth was that it was ornamental.

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Both seeds and leaves are edible just as with any amaranth. While I have still yet to use the seed for grain (I save them to sell on my store as they are a popular item) the leaves we have been eating for years, fresh in salads, used in stir fries, or dried for use in the mixed greens blend that goes in many of our meals. Here is another link you can check out:

@judykeenanharris1869

4 жыл бұрын

Rain Country Thank you. For all you do. Great stuff.

You can stir fry .. . soup. .. . or mix with red lentils makes curry

Hi jeidi do you know the hair of the corn are medicinal too

Yes I just found 4 packages of burpee farms heirloom seeds. Just I can have my brother covered on amino . And just found Bush cucumbers. So this year I can use my empty lit I can't dig in. Phone lines and gas lines.

Adorei o vídeo

Thanks for the useful information really appreciate you sharing this. I’m curious if I can grow this in Canada, what zone are you in or have to be in to grow this successfully?

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

O I am sure you can. We are in a cooler and VERY wet climate here on the peninsula of Washington state. If we can grow it, I feel pretty sure you can

@pumpkinspicelatte6461

4 жыл бұрын

Rain Country you are awesome thanks 😁. In Alberta we get long cold winters -30, I will definitely give this a try because I’d love to have a garden like yours.

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

@@pumpkinspicelatte6461 These are annuals so you do not have to worry about your winters but they make a TON of seed so just save some and plant again in the spring, Mine never seem to come back from fallen seed so I find it best to start in a pot first, then transplant to where I want them

God bless thanks for sharing

I was told love lies bleeding were Not Edible by the co. I bought them from, So I bought the upright flowering type that is Edible from Epicseeds in 3 colors. I would like to get some of these to plant if you are selling them. thanks for the video😄❤

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

They are edible, not sure why they told you that. We eat the leaves every year added to salads and the mixed greens blend. Have not eaten the seeds yet simply because I save to sell on our store and to replant

@kcassil1

4 жыл бұрын

What is your store address...I would like to shop with you...

heidi, you have an Amazing green thumb!!! amaranth sort of looks like coral? kinda weird....good info to know though! AND rain country is SUNNY!!!! hoorayyyyyy!!!! =) actually, this is one of the best times of year there....Im on my way to vancouver WA tonight!!! so I will be thinkin of yah!!

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have family there? Mr. Rain is actually passing through there today on his way to his dad's to go deer hunting.

@avonleanne

6 жыл бұрын

I do!!! going to visit my brother who lives in brush prairie!!! my dad is there and my sister is coming with me from NY!!! how cool that hes going to be that way today also, we don't get in until later tonight but how neat!!!

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he is heading to southern Oregon so he will likely be driving all day. He usually likes to stop at that big rest stop just outside of Vancouver to take a break for a bit and stretch his legs. Though I am guessing that will be about noon that he gets there

@avonleanne

6 жыл бұрын

hope he has a safe and successful hunt! =)

this a staple veg in Jamaica. It's called Callaloo there

I would love to have some of your amaranth seeds please ty

@RainCountryHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

I am currently sold out of last year's seeds (this is an older video) and am not sure at this point if I will be putting up any from this year. If so, you will see them on my Etsy store once I have them ready in a few months

I have red amaranth seeds from 2012. I wonder if they are still viable? Hmmm Excellent tips, I may have to try in spring.

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

By the way, though I did not try the marconi peppers yet, I really wish I would have and plant to next year for sure. I really need some peppers with red color for adding to my salsa verde and relish. Are they more of a sweet pepper or are they hot? Do you think they will do well in pots? That is the only way I can see to get much peppers. Though cayennes usually do ok for me, they are only just NOW starting to turn red and it is October!

@lifewithmikeandjenn5814

6 жыл бұрын

Rain Country Marconi are sweet peppers. I did grow some in pots but they didn't do as well as the ones in the big raised beds. The pots were 20 gallon. I've found they put out a large root like tap root. The soil was well amended with calcium and Epsom like OAG does. Both the plants and peppers weren't very large but I did get quite a few. They look like a red Anaheim pepper when they are ready.

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, thank you Jen!

heard the whole flower/seeds are quite yummy when toasted up like little teeny popcorn

@RainCountryHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, all parts are edible. I personally do not use the flower because I save the seeds for selling on my store.

How do you like it now ?

I love spaghetti squash and I can digest it - unlike flour made spaghetti. And, it is versatile.

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

I grew it for a couple years, I really like it and yes, makes a decent spaghetti replacement especially for those who have issues with grains. Thankfully I do not. While I really like spaghetti squash, I still like my real spaghetti! haha

@marthaadams8326

3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead Just like the chickens and the millet :-) I love regular spaghetti, but my tummy just can't digest it well.

MiGardener Luke says that the more beans you pick the more you get !!!!

I wonder if you can give them to chickens? Mine are coming up again 2nd year! It makes a beautiful tropical looking plant too!

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure you can but the great think about chickens is they seem to know what is safe for them to eat and what is not. For example, they will eat the fruit from inside and avocado (good for them) but not the skin (bad for them)

@Eyes2C.

3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead Good point! Thank you Heidi

😊thank you 😊

I just bought a packet of seeds yesterday, did you start the amaranth early in the green house? Or did you direct seed them? Did they need a cloche? Maybe i missed it

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

The first year I grew them I direct seeded and grew them in large pots in late spring and they did well but now I start them in early spring in the green house in pots then transplant them after I harvest the potatoes.

@tinnerste2507

3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead cheers ! I wasnt sure if it would make seeds in time if i started it after it warmed up, but then i thought it might not grow if it was too cool . It seems like you have a video out there for everything im plantinng out this spring!

Helps with premature graying because of the copper.

Will put seeds in pots, MB. Can ,

What is the name of your Etsy store please?

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

The link is in the description box but I will put it here too: etsy.com/shop/raincuontryhomestead

You have a beautiful garden 💕 Where do you buy your seeds?

@RainCountryHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

I have purchased most of my seeds from Rareseeds.com (Baker Creek Seeds)

@theenlightenedfarmermr.dar6698

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i love baker creek they have so many amazing varieties.

Do the Amaranth plants self seed and spread or do you have to replant each year?

@RainCountryHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

It really depends on your location. While they do drop a lot of seed, I find it best here to save seed and start new plants in pots in the green house in the spring. This is also due to the fact that I plant potatoes in the same spot in early spring then when they are done, I transplant the amaranth that I had started in pots to the same area after I harvest the potatoes in late June and the amaranth grows through the summer and early fall. This way it adds nourishment back to the soil while making more use of that same space

amaranth is everywhere here in south africa

@adolfmudau9956

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that this plant is powerful until I found this knowledge here

@abbienyathi7300

3 жыл бұрын

And we are not even planting it or using it if it's in our garden we take it down as a weed,

Have you heard of using corn silk in teas? I have heard it's good for something, but not sure what

@RainCountryHomestead

11 ай бұрын

I have heard of it but cannot remember now what it is good for and I keep forgetting to save it off my plants for use. This year, my corn is so far behind because we have just not had warm enough weather for it go grow at normal speed I do not even know I will ever get any :(

@minihomesteadcooking

10 ай бұрын

Corn silk tea supports the bladder.

I have had 2 yellow neck squash so far, all male flowers, or no bees.

What kind of Amaranth is that the ones that grow here in OK look a lot different

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

This is the Love Lies Bleeding. There are many different kinds. I think most tend to be orange in color, but there is also a yellow and my neighbor had elephant amaranth and it was HUGE!

So, NOW I KNOW what my next door neighbor planted, and has freely migrated to MY yard :-D I know it's pretty, but, didn't know WHAT it was or that it was edible! How do you harvest the seeds? I will pray that God blesses Mr. Rain on his deer hunt. Bow season starts on Oct 1st here, but, since my youngest son is getting married on the 7th, NObody is going until after the wedding. Love & prayers

@kleineroteHex

6 жыл бұрын

Kathleen Zimmerman 😀😀😀 My neighbor is not spreading amaranth, but I have noticed these strange plants on my walk; actually stopped one day to ask a lady what she was growing there, she had no clue! Neither did I 😂 Thanks to Heidi...... I bet most people grow it just ornamentally, they have no idea what could be their food if needed.

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I will need to do a video of saving the seeds too! Glad this was helpful information!

@kleineroteHex

6 жыл бұрын

Rain Country 👍👍

@kathleenzimmerman8227

6 жыл бұрын

@kleineroteHex ... My next door neighbors are from the Philippines. They know the names of their plants in their language only. You're right tho ... including me ... about people who have *food* growing in their backyard, and don't even know it. ie: dandelions, purslane, amaranth, duck's foot, etc... And, thanks to Heidi, I have learned about my lamb's ears, too! I didn't know they were edible, I just liked them because they're soft and fuzzy, and relaxing to *pet*. lol Also, antibacterial bandage and TOILET PAPER!!! I am GROWING my OWN TOILET PAPER!!! LOLOL!!!

@kathleenzimmerman8227

6 жыл бұрын

OH ...PLEASE DO!!! And, one on milling the grain, and at least one recipe, too! I'm not asking for much, eh? LOL

Ohhhhh mother dear 😆...I have a question? I have wanted to grow amaranth forever just cause I think it's such a pretty plant. Now that I know all the health benefits I'm doing it next year for sure! My question is on the seed. Do you save them like other things? Wait till the pretty chenille flowery part dries and shake them in a bag or something? Is it better to let them dry on the plant or should they be cut and brought in to dry? I'm seriously so super thankful you did this. My grandma used to grow this and you know I lost her earlier this year so being able to grow and carry on something else she loved will be extra special. You're the bestest! Thank you!! Love, hugs and blessings! "The Kid!" 😍

@RainCountryHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

The first year I did it, I cut them, put them in a paper bag and let dry and that worked great. However, I am going to leave them on a bit longer this year if I can, but the rains have returned and I am worried about losing too much seed. I would say the best time to cut the flowers is when they start to fade, unless you want them to self seed where they are at.

@lisabooker6405

6 жыл бұрын

Rain Country Awesome!! Thanks bunches! 💜💜💜💜

I can't wait to grow it next year. Thank You Mrs Heidi for sharing your knowledge, I learn so much from you. Everyone stay safe and God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra

I had no idea these were edible!!

Where can I get some of this amaranth??

@RainCountryHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

I sell seeds on my etsy store: etsy.com/shop/raincountryhomestead

Are they good fodder for cattle?

@RainCountryHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

I would assume so but I recommend you look it up to be certain

I have been decimated with beetles causing Lacey leaves. I wanted it for the leaves and it is common in foods from the Caribbean as "calliloo" and ideas? no problem with the flowers /seeds which seems to be unaffected. Open to planting a different variety

@RainCountryHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

I really have no idea as I have not had to deal with anything like that on mine and different climates have different pest issues

@kelliwiemers6445

2 жыл бұрын

Here in TX the wild green amaranth we call pigweed. I always leave it near the garden as a trap crop. The cucumber beetles and some other ones I don't know the name of will eat it instead of my vegetables. Maybe you can have a patch for the bugs then plant a plant sporadically around the property to see if those are left alone. Personally, lacey leaves don't bother me unless they're too lacey lol