hi this is yolanda vanveen and in this segment we're gonna talk about how to grow barley now barley is an ornamental grass or it can be used as a production grass as well for farm animals and it's used mostly to make beer and different types of alcohol out of it so it's quite trendy right now and it has all of the nutritional value of wheatgrass so it's very very high in all types of minerals and it's really really healthy so a lot of people are making their own bread and you can use barley in all types of recipes as well and it's really easy to grow okay now barley is best sown in the winter or early spring because it's more of a cool season crop it does not want to go above 55 degrees and a lot of times if you grow it into the spring it might not even produce seed heads because it gets too warm in the heat of the summer so you started just like any other grass even the grass in your lawn you start it from seed either in a container or right in the ground and you want to start it in the winter time and not in the heat of the summer and it'll sprout and grow and it's ready to harvest between 40 to 55 days that quickly and it's a great plant as soon as the leaves are strong and they're but they turn yellow and a little bit brittle then you know it's time to harvest so barley has lots of lots of medicinal qualities as well it's full of fiber so it's a great digestive aid and it's a great plant to grow even in your garden as an ornamental grass even if you don't use it for making beer or you're not making a nice drink out of it it's still a great plant to have in your garden