![Making Our Own Oatmeal 06 This picture shows a large field of golden mature oats with a green tree background and a blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-06.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
As you know from other talks, we try to be as self-sufficient as possible. And we like to try new things. So with this in mind, we decided to try to grow our own oats. We use a lot of oatmeal for cooking, treats, and animal feed, so it seemed like a good thing to try this spring. So here are The Trials and Follies of Making Our Own Oatmeal.
For those of you that do not know, groats are the oat seed before they are flattened into oatmeal. Yes, the very kind that you buy at the store. That odd little, flat roundish thing that you cook and eat. This is exactly the same thing. This is our final goal to make our own oatmeal.
It did not seem like a big thing. To make your own oatmeal you will need to:
1. grow oats
2. harvest the oats
3. beat the oats
4. collect the groats
5. clean the groats
6. soak the groats
7. flatten the groats into oatmeal
8. dry the oatmeal
9. store the oatmeal
10. cook and eat the oatmeal
1. Growing oats
The actual growing of the oats was an easy thing. We had a large tract of unused land so we put it into service. Oats, being a grain, are fairly easy to grow.
Popi used the tractor to plow the ground and smooth it out a bit.
Then we all went out and did “Old Fashioned Sowing of the Seeds” or oats in our case. That was fun. We just walked along and chunked oats around in odd patterns and uneven lines. Next time, if there is a next time, we will want to do straight, organized rows. But this was our first time.
Then we waited and thankfully we had rain and sun and the oats grew well.
They were fun to watch grow. The oats started out as little green shoots, then grew into talk straight stalks.
It seems oats do take a bit of time to mature so you just wait. When the oats are ready, they will be full and start to look dry. At this point, the oat stalks were brown and dry looking. And quite prickly.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 03 This picture shows a large field of mature oats with a green tree background and a blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-03.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 04 This picture shows a large field of mature oats with a green tree background and a blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-04.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
Up until this point, things had gone smoothly. This is where The Trials and Follies of Making Our Own Oatmeal actually start.
2. Harvesting the oats
Here is where things started to get difficult. We did not really have the proper tool for harvest. We did it by hand with kitchen scissors and knives. This is not the most efficient way to harvest your oats, just so you know. It took us several days, not all at once, to get all of the oats cut.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 02 This picture shows a large field of mature oats. Popi is standing to the left side harvesting the oat heads.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-02.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 09 This picture shows the golf cart is in the center with a large mound of cut oats on the back. The bush axe is in the back of the golf cart.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-09.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 10 This picture shows the oat field with some of the mature oats having been harvested. The straw is left standing in places and flattened in other places.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-10.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 12 This picture shows a large pile of harvested oat heads laying on a tap on the barn floor.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-12.jpg?resize=527%2C1200&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 16 This picture shows a large pile of harvested oat heads laying on a tap on the barn floor.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-16.jpg?resize=527%2C1200&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 15 This picture shows three five-gallon buckets of harvested oat heads lined up. Ducky the chocolate lab has his head in one the buckets to inspect the oats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-15.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 14](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-14.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
We did find that if you cut from the bottom you will have a long stalk. In order to beat the oats, you have to go back and cut the long stalk off each and every oat. If you cut close to the bottom of the oat husk, then you can save a step and not have to do another trimming. Unfortunately, we did not know this, so some of us cut them short and others cut them long. Yes, we had to go back and do the second trimming to get this step done.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 24 This picture shows a metal bucket with oat straw stems in it. There is a plastic bin with the oat heads in it.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-24.jpg?resize=600%2C481&ssl=1)
Upon researching Grammy found that they make a nice tool that looks like a dog feed scoop with teeth. This makes it easy to harvest as you just walk along with the scoop thing and it cuts the oats off the stalks and drops them into a bucket for you. We did not have one of these, IF we ever grow oats again, we will have several of these scoops.
3. Beating the oats
Now comes the separating. First you sort of toast the oats to dry them and get the little groats inside to let go of the outer husks. We had seen where other homesteaders had toasted their oats in the oven so we went with that. It seems to work very well. 200 degrees for about 45 minutes and we had dry, more prickly, oats. We had buckets of them.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 23 This picture shows a metal cookie pan with oat heads on it ready to go into the oven.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-23.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 22 This picture shows the oat heads in the oven.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-22.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
4. Collect the groats
Now comes the crazy part. Once you have the dries husks, you have to get the little groats out of the husks. You want to keep the groats and discard the husks.
We kept the husks as they were pretty much straw once we were finished with them. They made good cover for the barn floor and bedding for the goats.
In order to get to the groats, we beat the husks with a rubber mallet. We had to be careful about the pan they were in. If you had a pan with short sides, the groats would jump out when you hit the bottom. If the sides were too high, you could not get a good swing.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 17 This picture shows a clear plastic bin with oat heads piles in it. There is a rubber mallet in the bin with the oat heads.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-17.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
Once you get the oats “beat” the groats should be loose and fall out of the husks. Well, that is not exactly as easy as it sounds. We had to go one oat husk at a time and manually scrap the groats out of the husks. Yes, that is as tedious as it sounds. All however many million husks and groats scraped out by hand.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 18 This picture shows a large bowl on a wooden table. Popi is scrapping the oat groats out of the oat heads.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-18.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
We did try another way to beat the oats. We did some research to find that you can beat them in the clothes dryer. You can take a pillow case and put the oats into it. Add some rubber dryer balls and put the whole thing into the dryer on air only. This does the same as the beating with the rubber mallet.
We have to say, this does work. But we had a catastrophic failure of one of the pillowcases. The pillowcase tore in the dryer with the oats in it. There were oats, and groats all in the dryer, the dryer vent, the link trap, and the outlet hose. It took some time and a vacuum cleaner to get that all cleaned up.
After a couple of weeks of daily “groat picking”, not something to be done in one day, Popi talked to a cousin about using his corn grinding machine. His machine can be set to grind different grains depending on size. Why did we not think of this at the out start? Popi and Wes made quick work of the remaining buckets of oats. They did more buckets in two hours, than what we had all done in three weeks by hand.
5. Clean the groats
Then when you have them beat and out of the husks, you have to clean them. This really just means getting the leftover husks, pieces, and dust out of the groats.
Who wants dirty groats? So you toss the groats up into the air and catch them back into the pan. It is what they used to call separating the chaff from the wheat. Again, oats in our case but it is the same process.
If you have a nice little hand fan with a good motor, you are good. Popi did the tossing and blowing to get the groats clean and dust free.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 20 This picture shows Popi using a hand held fan to blow the chaffe out of the oats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-20.jpg?resize=600%2C547&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 21 This picture shows Popi tossing the bowl to blow the chaffe out of the groats to clean them.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-21.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 19 This picture shows a large clear plastic jar with a funnel in the open top. There are some clean groats in the bottom of the jar.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-19.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
So after all of the tedious picking, and the wonderful grinding machine, we ended up with several buckets of clean groats.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 25 This picture shows a large clear plastic jar with a funnel in the open top. There are some clean groats in the bottom of the jar.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-25.jpg?resize=600%2C1169&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 26 This picture shows a large glass jar full to the top with cleaned groats from a top view.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-26.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
At this stage, you can keep the groats and store them for long-term storage in the freezer or in air-tight containers. Or you can make oatmeal out of them.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 75 This picture shows four large containers of cleaned groats ready for storage.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-75.jpg?resize=1080%2C596&ssl=1)
So let us continue on to the actual making of the oatmeal.
Now comes the soaking and flattening, then drying and storing.
6. Soak the oats
Basically, you soak the groats in water to soften them so that they can be mashed flat. Grammy found that a rice cooker works well for this part. Put the cleaned groats into the rice cooker and add water. Let it sit for four hours then rinse and refill with clean water. You can leave it overnight and then move to the next step but we let it sit in the fridge for several days before we got back to them.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 28 This picture shows the large glass jar full of groats, a tin measuring cup, and a plastic rice cooker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-28.jpg?resize=1023%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 29 This picture shows the cleaned groats being measured out in the tin measuring cup beside the rice cooker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-29.jpg?resize=600%2C987&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 31 This picture shows the groats in the rice cooker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-31.jpg?resize=527%2C1200&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 32 This picture shows a glass measuring cup with water in it.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-32.jpg?resize=600%2C884&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 33 This picture shows the rice cooker with groats and water in it.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-33.jpg?resize=600%2C884&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 34 This picture shows the rice cooker with the top on so the groats can soak overnight.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-34-1.jpg?resize=600%2C665&ssl=1)
Drain the water and you are ready for the next step.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 36 This picture shows the rice cooker being refilled with clean water to rinse the groats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-36.jpg?resize=842%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 37 This picture shows the water being drained from the rice cooker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-37.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 35 This picture shows the rice cooker with wet groats in it. The water has been drained out.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-35-1.jpg?resize=992%2C600&ssl=1)
7. Flatten the groats into oatmeal
Normally a person that does this a lot, will have a nice little machine to do the flattening. But of course, we do not have one. We have to do it manually. Grammy found a pasta maker at a second-hand store and thought this would do well, and it did.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 38 This picture shows a “Pasta Queen” hand crank pasta maker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-38.jpg?resize=1080%2C527&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 39 This picture shows the top view of the pasta maker. There are two metal roller in the machine to “press” pasta.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-39.jpg?resize=954%2C600&ssl=1)
The process is a bit tedious as you have to put a spoonful at a time into the top of the pasta maker and then crank the handle to run the groats through the rollers.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 43 This picture shows the wet groats being put into the top of the pasta maker with a wooden spoon.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-43.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 41 This picture shows the wet groats being put into the top of the pasta maker with a wooden spoon.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-41-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
Note, if you have your pasta maker anchored to a stable surface, this is much easier. We did not, we just held it on the kitchen table. It did take two people to do this. Three hands to hold the pasta maker down and one hand to crank the handle.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 44 This picture shows the pasta maker being hand cranked to mash the groats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-44.jpg?resize=769%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 45 This picture shows the pasta maker being hand cranked to mash the groats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-45.jpg?resize=769%2C600&ssl=1)
As the soaked groats are run through the pasta maker, the rollers mash the groats flat or flattish.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 50 This picture shows groats on the top of the pasta maker in cigar shape and the groats that were mashed through the rollers out the bottom are flat.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-50.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 47 This picture shows groats that have been mashed through the top of the pasta maker’s rollers and dropped out the bottom. The groats were a cigar type shape, they are now mashed flat.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-47.jpg?resize=995%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 51 This picture shows groats that have been mashed through the top of the pasta maker’s rollers on a metal pan.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-51.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 52 This picture shows a very close up view of the mashed groats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-52.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 57 This picture shows a hand holding a single unmashed groat and a single mashed groat to compare shape.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-57.jpg?resize=612%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 54 This picture shows a hand holding one mashed groat. You can see how flat it is now that it has been run through the pasta maker.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-54.jpg?resize=527%2C1200&ssl=1)
As you can see these oats do not really look like store-bought oatmeal but they are the same thing.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 55 This picture shows a hand full of mashed groats that are now homemade oatmeal ready to eat.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-55.jpg?resize=900%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 56 This picture shows a hand full of store bought oatmeal. It is more uniform in size and shape and bleached white.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-56.jpg?resize=745%2C600&ssl=1)
Homeamade
VS
Store-Bought
8. Dry the oatmeal
Once you have the groats flat, you dry them. That is pretty simple, either put them into a dehydrator or back into the oven. We have several of each so that is not a problem. With the volume of groats we had to work with, it did take some time but it was not hard to do just a bit time-consuming.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 58 This picture shows “The Big One” harvest saver dehydrator.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-58.jpg?resize=600%2C936&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 60 This picture shows empty trays of the dehydrator and a wooden spoon.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-60.jpg?resize=1080%2C566&ssl=1)
We used one of the dehydrators to lay the groats out and dry them. It was pretty quick considering. Overnight and we had our first homemade, handmade oatmeal.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 63 This picture shows the dehydrator trays full of groats and staked to run.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-63.jpg?resize=600%2C897&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 65 This picture shows groats on the trays, dehydrated and ready to use.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-65.jpg?resize=1023%2C600&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 68 This picture shows groats on the trays, dehydrated and being scooped up into a measuring cup.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-68.jpg?resize=600%2C1076&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 69 This picture shows a large glass jar with a funnel in the open top. The jar is half full of oats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-69.jpg?resize=600%2C824&ssl=1)
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 71 This picture shows a large glass jar with a funnel in the open top. The jar is half full of oats. More oats are being poured into the jar with a scoop.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-71.jpg?resize=600%2C1142&ssl=1)
Now you will note, that our oatmeal does not look like store-bought quick oats in either color or shape. This is because we handmade them. Also because we did not bleach them, like the commercial ones.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 67 This picture shows a glass bowl of finished oats ready to cook.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-67.jpg?resize=1080%2C474&ssl=1)
The bleaching takes most of the nutrients and flavor out of the oatmeal. Both things that we did not want and why we were making our own oatmeal in the first place.
9. Store the oatmeal
Then you put your oatmeal into an air-tight container or into zip bags. The oatmeal can be stored in containers for some time, just like the oatmeal you buy at the store. Or you can put the oatmeal into the freezer for long-term storage. We kept out some to use and put the rest up for longer-term storage.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 72 This picture shows a close up of the large glass jar, half full of oats.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-72.jpg?resize=600%2C710&ssl=1)
10. Cook and eat the oatmeal
When you are ready to use your homemade oatmeal, just pull it out of storage and cook it like the store-bought oatmeal. But your homemade oatmeal is not already pre-cooked so it will take a bit longer to prepare than the precooked and re-dried oatmeal you buy from the store.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 73 This picture shows a pot on the stove top, cooking the homemade oatmeal.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-73.jpg?resize=905%2C600&ssl=1)
You will find that homemade oatmeal has a better flavor than store-bought. It is oatmeal but without the processing and all the other stuff, the commercial oatmeal goes through. Natural oatmeal has a much bolder flavor and a hardier texture.
The odd color may be a bit alarming at first but that is the natural color of oats not all bleached and processed.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 74 This picture shows a glass bowl of homemade oatmeal cooked and ready to eat.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-74.jpg?resize=761%2C600&ssl=1)
Homemade oatmeal is safe and healthy for both people and animals, so you can share it with your pet and farm animals if things get tight.
We have successfully grown our own oats and made our own oatmeal. We have to say, yes, it can be done and yes, we did it. But we decided it is not only easier but more reasonable to just buy in bulk at the market. Oatmeal is cheap to buy and you can get it pretty much at any store, grocery, or market. There are several online places where you can buy oatmeal in large bulk containers. You can, of course, buy organic oatmeal in many bulk stores.
Yes, you can grow your own oats and make your own oatmeal but it may be better to save those skills for when the zombie apocalypse has actually come. Or you may have your own story of The Trials and Follies of Making Our Own Oatmeal.
But as we often say, it is a skill we now have and can use if or when we need it. No new skill is ever wasted. It is one step closer to a more self-sufficient life.
And we have now worked out the best ways to accomplish the needed steps and we know how not to do it. We learned things, some of what to do and some of what not to do. And we have a large supply of oatmeal to take us through this year for both people and animals.
![Making Our Own Oatmeal 75 This picture shows four large containers of cleaned groats ready for storage.](https://i0.wp.com/outstandinginthefield.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Making-Our-Own-Oatmeal-75.jpg?resize=1080%2C596&ssl=1)
We hope you have enjoyed The Trials and Follies of Making Our Own Oatmeal. Hopefully, you have learned something or at least had a good laugh at our follies.
Thank you for visiting and please come again for another edition of Out Standing in the Field.
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