On another cd, it was stated that "any variety of oats" will work. The time to harvest is when the seeds are emerging and when you squeeze one between your fingernails, a milky juice comes out. Not when they are all dried up as in a bale of straw.
I will be planting a small patch in my garden as an experiment. Oats will come from the feed bin. I will sprout some first to see how viable they are, as feed oats are put through dryers if harvested in damp weather and they may not be able to germinate.
Woo-hoo! 
