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THE OATS
The oats grow to mature at ninety to one hundred days and are harvested during this period. Every seed planted should return fifty to sixty new seeds! The new seeds are then shipped to Quaker Oats,located in Peteroborough.
At the Quaker Plant, the oats get turned into cereal, oatmeal, chewy snack bars and other delecious products (my personal favourite, granola bites).
Temiskaming produced 9, 900 tonnes of oats in the year 2009. Northern Ontario overall produced 15, 200 tonnes of oats in the year 2009.
WHAT OATS DO FOR YOU
Oats are considered a super food because of the vast amount of nutrients oats supply to your body which promote your overall health! The nutrients found in oats are B vitamins, fiber, complex carbohydrates, and minerals such as iron and calcium! Some of the overal health benefits of eating oats are a boosted immune system (keeping colds and the flu at bay), a productive digestion system (thank-you fiber), and reduces the chances of strokes, heart diseases and cancers. WOW!
THE STEPS TO THE CHALLENGE:
1. Plant three oat seeds in each cup at a three centimetre depth
2. Cover with Soil and Firm
3. Water the soil to keep the soil moist-- REMEMBER do not flood the cup-- water the soil on verily regular basis
4. Place the cup in sunlight
5. Keep track of the number of days before you begin to see the oats sprouting and the soil temperature: make sure you do this at the same time everyday
KEEP IN MIND it will take five to seven days before you will see the sprouts
6. Most imporantly, do not forget to take pictures and send them to internneoscia@ntl.sympatico.ca-- they will be posted online:)
