This thread covers the growing, harvesting, and drying of small grains such as amaranth, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, etc. For other grains, such as barley, wheat, oats, fall rye, spelt, and triticale, see the thread Small Grains. To help in selection for nutritional purposes, see Nutrition information.

Information:
- Amaranth
- Quinoa - Planeta
- Quinoa - Rodale
- Millet - Chet Day

Growing, Harvesting, Drying:
- Growing Amaranth and Quinoa
- Growing and Harvesting Quinoa and Amaranth - Seeds of Change
- Quinoa - Purdue Extension
- Growing Amaranth - Thomas Jefferson Institute
- Growing Pearl Millet - Thomas Jefferson Institute
- Growing Millet in Montana
- Growing Buckwheat - Thomas Jefferson Institute

Seed Suppliers:
- Prairie Garden Seeds
- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - .pdf

I grew amaranth about 5 years ago. That stuff grows like a weed! It gets huge too. I never even got around to trying it, since i was experimenting. It will come back the next year because a trillion seeds feel into the soil, at least in my case.

Millet is an interesting one for me, since i have a couple of birds. I would think if wild birds found out what you were growing the plants would be stripped clean, that stuff is like cocaine for birds.