How to Grow Barley Sprouts in the Winter to Feed Your Animals

[@kahalak8171]

You have a great set-up. I'm starting my own, so your video helped me out a lot. Thank you for posting.

[@Paratrooper23]

You might want to try a depth of only 3-4 seeds. My friend does this and achieves about 8 pounds of fodder per one pound of seeds. When you put 1/2 inch deep the ones on the bottom do not produce anything other than the seeds you started with. This is called the "seed mat" and is just the same as the seeds you started with. Try her way and let me know how you make out.

[@HillbillyYEEHAA]

You can move the seeds that don't grow into another tub to try to grow again. They're not wasted

[@mcduck5]

This is cool and so simple! I am going to try it for my pigs!

[@breaknfaces]

I used to grow Barley on moist sheets, the roots though was a pain when harvesting

[@leilae5076]

Super helpful tutorial! Thank you!

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@leilae5076]

@@SurvivalistGardener I don’t know if it was mentioned in the video and maybe I missed it - do you rinse it daily? I read on a horse site and it sounded so labour intensive. Your method seems so reasonable.

[@amyharris7337]

Great set up. Thanks for the information!

[@makeitkate3240]

At my house, we call those out “zombie apocalypse scissors.”

[@tonysicily2687]

Liked, Saved & Subscribed. A really great tutorial. Thank you

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Glad it helped!

[@Wachest]

great idea

[@d.a.tsun5104]

I just realized that I've seen you before on YanasaTV "Hide your foods" or something like that. The funny thing is what reminded me was the shelves/green room setup and the wall paint ("I've seen that before somewhere.")

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yup... that is us. They did a really good job on that documentary. We have been featured on at least 10 network TV shows, and YanasaTV did a better job than any of them.

[@d.a.tsun5104]

@@SurvivalistGardener I don't know about other networks but your 'survival/self-sustaining' systems is the best I've seen from among many that I and my husband watched, that I even told him about that video and I said, "Now that's the kind of prepping and homesteading I want to do." Not just amassing pre-made survival foods under the bed. But we're kind of a lot late in the game.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@d.a.tsun5104 Not sure if you have checked out the rest of my KZbin channel, but you should. Also my books on amazon (the Secret Garden of Survival series). And if you really want to learn everything you need to know that goes beyond just buying stuff to prepare, you should come to Prepper Camp. My wife and I run it and it is the largest preparedness and homesteading event in the nation 9 years running. There are 64 classes a day from some of the best instructors in the world. www.PrepperCamp.com

[@d.a.tsun5104]

@@SurvivalistGardener I didn't know about your channel until now, honestly. In the video from YanasaTV I didn't think they mentioned your name or your channel and you said that you're not telling where you lived (understandable, the title of the video also told us why). In fact, initially I thought you're the owner/host of YanasaTV channel but after several videos of theirs, I knew that you're not that same guy. And I also just knew about your book from a comment in the link you gave me earlier about your greenhouse. I'll check your book. I live in CA and it's getting harder and harder to live 'independently' here. We live in agriculture/farming zone but even so we're not (cannot) be offgrid. Recently 3 of my next door neighbors moved out of states - one of them told me that it's almost impossible to own/run independent business anymore here. Everything must get permission from the county/state and regulated to a ridiculous point, and taxed heavily (he ran tree service business, the other neighbor had automated gate design & installation). Thank you for all the information.

[@Dipper964]

How many bins will a horse eat in a day?

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

I'm going to try this for my chickens in winter...can you tell me if this feed helps the hens to lay more eggs.thnx

[@SurvivalistGardener]

It certainly gives them more protein, and I can see a distinct difference in the egg production of my chickens and my ducks when I feed it to them... Plus since my egg layers typically free range- it give them something productive to do besides scratching up empty dirt in the winter.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Thanx for reply here to me downunder....what percentage increase would u get...it's coming into autumn here and my eggs are way down.thnx for advice

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Maybe 25-30%

[@melvynsampson8613]

Hi, where is the flooring from please?

[@frankinsensed8058]

Great ideas for indoor barley growing; thanks for the info!

[@RokiMowntinHi]

This is great and an idea that will be do-able for us!! I also want to share to feed my neighbors’ chickens, because they don’t have extra room for indoor growing. Thank you!

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Great! Glad it could help you!

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@Tom Jones a rabbit will eat 16th of the block being cut up. This is for small animals. I feed it to goats as a supplement. A cow needs 40 lbs of feed a day.

[@nbntravel1540]

Good information

[@222mmax]

Why not plant them for seeds and grass for the animals? Thank you God bless you Maranatha

[@SurvivalistGardener]

We DO plant them during the spring in order to harvest the seeds for the winter. We grow the sprouts in the greenhouse, so that we can feed the livestock sustainably when nothing else is growing in the snow.

[@scaussie75]

This is so cool. Neat system

[@alexism1127]

Will this give them everything they need? Do you feed them something else too?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

For rabbits, yes. It is very high in protein and the rabbits eat every part of it. Likewise I feed my ducks and chickens in the winter with this, and it keeps them well fed when there are no bugs and other plants that outside that they would normally eat.

[@AlmostHomestead]

Great system.

[@maplepinguin9333]

Would you be able to life from the food that you make from your secretgarden, or do you need still need some "support" from the supermarket???

[@SurvivalistGardener]

We live off of our food grown in the Secret Garden of Survival, as well as my Secret Greenhouse of Survival, and our Secret Livestock of Survival. The garden provides us with nuts, fruits, herbs, vegetables, oats and wheat, the greenhouse provides us with vegetables, fresh herbs, medicinal plants, all year round, as well as coffee trees and citrus trees (even though we live in a snow belt during the winter) and the livestock provide us with all our protein needs, milk products, meat, eggs, and honey, so are able to be completely self sustaining, if need be.

[@maplepinguin9333]

Nice.

[@buteos8632]

MaplePinguin NICE???? it's f*#-"... AMAZING!!!!! these folks are awesome

[@tsanatolians7255]

Are you feeding this instead of pellets?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yes.

[@gemser24]

There’s a dairy farm out my way that does this on large scale for dairy cows

[@juancarnuba8671]

Considering the upcoming feed shortage, this could be a game changer. Also, great for that dairy farm. Barley sprouts are much better than grains for cows digestion. Grass fed basically.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

I have a greenhouse...was thinking of growing some in there can you tell me what temperature I need as it gets to zero here where i am in Australia. ..also...is your greenhouse heated.thnx

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Paul: You need to see some of my other greenhouse videos, and/or get my book on the Secret Greenhouse of Survival- How to Build the Ultimate Homestead & Prepper Greenhouse (available on amazon). Our environment in the Appalachian Mountains actually gets below zero F, here and our summer temps can reach 111 degrees (last year), yet I grow 4 seasons of vegetables, sprouts, and even coffee trees, each year/all year long in my greenhouse. But my greenhouse is engineered to be warmer in the winter, and cooler than the outside temperature in the summer because it is insulated, and there is a huge thermal mass that absorbs heat in the day and gives off heat evenly at night. I have no other heat source, and the temperature in the greenhouse has never gone below 42 degrees F, even on the coldest of winter nights.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Ok thnx will have more of a look on your site

[@MarkandDeniseWetzel]

Do you have a lighting system for this? It does not look like it but I could not tell...Thanks!

[@SurvivalistGardener]

The only lighting source is the sun. I grow the barley spouts in my year round greenhouse (Secret Greenhouse of Survival). You can find out more about the greenhouse on my other videos as well as at my website Secret Garden of Survival dot com.

[@rofl970]

Could you plant it outside also?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yes... But this method is how we create fresh food for the animals in the winter, before you can plant outside.

[@mrs1975brown]

Like to know what barley seeds he’s using, what grade of seed and size of the containers used here ! Do we just buy whole barley from a feed store ?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

They are whole barley from a feed/seed store... but it is critical that they are for consumption, so do not have chemical pesticides sprayed on them.

[@johndorilag4129]

@@SurvivalistGardener Do you recommend barley for feeding goats 🐐? And do you have any recommendation from which seed company online that I can buy good barley seeds?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@johndorilag4129 You can use Barley for goats, oats, and wheat, but I have had the most sucess with Kentucky Bluegrass (the perrennial) in the area that my goats spend the most time in, because it seems to do best with hot, cold, wet and dry conditions.

[@johndorilag4129]

@@SurvivalistGardener So the goats that you have are free range? How long does it take for bluegrass to grow back after your goats munched on these?

[@johnwahalla5049]

great video, thank you.

[@juanramirez8130]

Great video. Can you also do this setup with oats?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yes. You can do this with oats and with wheat, but the growth is not as thick and barley is higher in protein for my animals.

[@sepi5784]

Oats is better, and there is so much other seeds what you can use. Wheat is bad, alot of glutein, it will damage you and your animals.

[@maddiesails6794]

So I'd like to plant this seeds in my backyard and then keep harvesting the seeds to grow in the winter indoor. I would also just like to mix the different types of seeds up and plant it or should I just keep it seperate?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Maddie Sails you can grow it in your backyard but if you want to make easier to harvest the seeds, you should have separate areas for oats, wheat, and barley.

[@johndorilag4129]

@@SurvivalistGardener Is it possible to grow the barley in containers until maturity and harvest the seeds for the next planting? And how long does barley grow until maturity?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@johndorilag4129 You are really going to need soil to grow them much past 8 days... we are growing sprouts here. to grow them to maturity you are going to need more space, more nutrients and more time.

[@johndorilag4129]

@@SurvivalistGardener How resilient is barley when it comes to the weather, pests, insects, water? I would like to plant or grow barley in a tropical area.

[@nikolays8571]

would like to know what kind of plastic flooring are you using in your rabbit hatches? thanks

[@SurvivalistGardener]

The plastic flooring in the rabbit cages is what is used in industrial light fixtures to diffuse light (for overhead lighting)...I got mine at Lowes, and had to cut it to size for the rabbit cages.

[@nikolays8571]

@@SurvivalistGardener Thank you! Very helpful. I live in sub arctic climate, plastic would be so much better than metal mesh in the winter

[@heliodeleon2445]

Gracias amigo saludos de mexico

[@d.a.tsun5104]

How do you keep it moist but not moldy? That's my problem with growing fodder.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

We just add water once a day... no problems with mold. Of course we are also growing this in our year round/insulated greenhouse so even in the winter we get lots of sun. (We are not using a grow light in doors, for example.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p33GeZaGl8x2fck

[@d.a.tsun5104]

@@SurvivalistGardener Thank you, Sir.

[@unjosandaker6638]

Thanks! But what is this use for?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Did you watch the end of the video? I show feeding my rabbits, ducks, chickens, even my goats with this barley fodder.

[@roshailkhan5208]

once after soaking overnight, how much water should we add to seeds??

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Good question... just to the top of the seeds in the first bin...(not so they float again) and let it drain down through all the other bins...

[@risingslope9247]

@@SurvivalistGardener how many times it needs water?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@risingslope9247 once each day.

[@caihaze79]

do you just get the seed and put it in the box for 7 days i've seen some videos where they put clorine in with the seeds and let the soak for 48 hours

[@SurvivalistGardener]

I have no idea why anyone would soak them in chlorine, but yes, you should just soak them in water first for 24 hours before you put them in the bins.

[@andrewradford3953]

Because of mould. Just a little can make some animals very sick. Once it starts in this system it spreads everywhere.

[@tonysicily2687]

Much much better is to add Hydrogen Peroxide. It inhibits mold and adds extra oxygen to the water, AND dissipates completely avere a few days. It is also a great way to start off cuttings.

[@kuhrti1]

what would be the costs to feed a rabbit with this only... how much do you feed per rabbit and do you feed something else to them….it seems pretty expensive to me if you compare the price per pound of seeds to the outcome of weed.

[@tonysicily2687]

Not growing Weed, weed is from hemp seeds, he is growing barley sprouts

[@maplenook]

Rye and wheat too?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yes, you can do rye and wheat too... although the barley produces much higher protein for the animals.

[@fahadalam6276]

Is it ok if we grow barley and corn and totally rely on these two thing for our animals.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

It depends on what the animals are. I have goats, chickens, ducks and rabbits. They all can and will eat barley sprouts. But I do not feed that to them exclusively. I only use Barley in the winter, when my animals cannot free range because there is snow on the ground. I do use it for my rabbits year round (who are not free ranging- yet- see new videos coming soon) but I supplement my rabbits with live food from my Secret Garden of Survival (see my book on amazon) the other 9 months of the year. As far as corn goes, it is next to impossible to find corn that is not genetically modified, (or have poison already put onto the seeds), so I stay away from corn entirely now.

[@fahadalam6276]

SurvivalistGardener I have goat, chickens and rabbit. So you mean it's not healthy to rely them on fodder entirely. Thanks for replying.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

They can eat fodder-but more natural diversity of food will keep them healthier. Again, I grow food for my family and for 60 animals on less than half an acre using my Secret Garden of Survival food forest, with no fertilizer, no pesticide, no GMOs, no watering and no weedkiller. See my website www.SecretGardenOfSurvival.com to see how it all works.

[@marygracepedrosa1758]

Hi guys. How do you take care of molds?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

We get lots of sunshine in the greenhouse all year long and we never seem to have a problem with mold on these or any other crops. If you haven't already, check out my other videos on the Secret Greenhouse of Survival.

[@maureenh1785]

why doesn't it mold? like when you do sprouts they have to be rinsed 2 times a day to prevent mold.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

No... we have not had a problem with that. Again, we have drain holes in each container and we only pour water through the system once per day.

[@maureenh1785]

@@SurvivalistGardener thanks. about how much water do you give each day? I know it is climate sensitive, but roughly speaking?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@maureenh1785 Just enough to cover the first layer of seeds on the top box. Then it drains down to each successive box underneath until each set of seeds is watered and then it drains out of the last box so there is never any standing water.

[@danieldolorez9854]

Is this safe for human consumption? Im assuming yes but i dont know.

[@SurvivalistGardener]

I wouldn't feed anything to my animals that would be unsafe for humans, since my animals provide me with protein and they are what they eat.

[@brescalofrio1]

Yeap just eat the barley grass cut the middle man

[@rexgeorg7324]

can we eat them ??

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Yes.

[@scottcroft86]

Does it go mouldy?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

No. Thats why there are drains in the plastic containers. And each container wad done in 8 days.

[@MemeMeme-vn5ou]

Can we eat raw sprouted barley

[@moodylittlebitch2024]

Meme Meme2 Yes, he said so in the video

[@agathadolan362]

Nice fodder

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

How do you keep it from molding?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

The whole process takes 8 days. And the drains in the bottom avoid standing water.

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

@@SurvivalistGardener I realize that and have had a system that drains but it always molds at about day 4 for me. Do you wash with bleach or vinegar

[@mcduck5]

@@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead Do you have any air movement in the grow space? I would try better drainage and a fan...

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

@@mcduck5 that might be my problem

[@pyrpuppies]

Rinse it twice a day

[@The12wisnu]

can I use corn seed ?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

I doubt it... this system is for "sprouts"... those would be sprouting grasses like Barley, Wheat, etc. Whereas corn seeds of today require too much water and additional nutrients.

[@stevekilpatrick7105]

whole barley- Rolled barley?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

The whole seed.

[@chrisolson6629]

Essentially

[@mamapeach9244]

Can I use pearl barley?

[@lorenrenee1]

Mama Peach pearled barley is hulled, this works best with unpeeled.

[@arshadhussain5145]

can you do this all the way till be comes barley again so you never need to buy barley

[@SurvivalistGardener]

You would probably want to plant it outside, in greenhouse beds, or in pots after it gets to this stage. Water alone is enough to make sprouts. However, I don't think it could go to seed unless it had additional nutrients, either from soil, or from an aquaponics system.

[@arshadhussain5145]

@@SurvivalistGardener Thank you for taking your time to reply. Much appreciated

[@amirmohd3228]

Where to get this seed?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

Ask your feed store to order it for you. Just make sure that it is "viable" and will sprout (a lot of seed used as feed has been irradiated to kill bugs), and make sure that it does not have pesticides on the seeds.

[@lcecbranch]

Post an add online. Going direct to a local farmer will be way cheapest. Or a local mill.

[@lorenrenee1]

I’ve had luck with seeds sold as food at the grocery. If you need larger amounts I’d look for a local farm or commercial seed supplier. If you go the commercial route make sure it’s not sterilized/irradiated. If you go grocery make sure it’s not hulled/pearled or parboiled.

[@thor1186]

apparently barley doesn't need a lot of light

[@SurvivalistGardener]

I'm growing it in my Greenhouse so it gets enough light there on the south side of my property even in the winter time.

[@thor1186]

@@SurvivalistGardener can barley be grown w/out grow lights?

[@SurvivalistGardener]

@@thor1186 yeah I didn't use any grow lights at all. Just natural sunlight that I get in my Greenhouse. You can find out more about the greenhouse in my book Secret Greenhouse of Survival.

[@alanshiels4868]

Do you add bleach if so what kind of bleach cheers

[@SurvivalistGardener]

No...why do you ask if we would add bleach? Nothing but water.

[@erikvannimmen2856]

I cant hear you

[@bybynala176]

where to buy barley seeds?

[@tonysicily2687]

@@bybynala176 farmers markets / supplier

[@SterlingBall]

Adapt 2030

[@tibicenlinnei4014]

You keep your rabbits in horrible conditions. You should be ashamed of yourself.