Utilizing Wild Oat Grass, Part 1: The Plan
From what I could gather on the internet (please correct me if I'm wrong), wild oat is the primary grass responsible for California's "golden hills." Unfortunately, wild oat grass is an invasive plant around these parts, spreading its seeds much more easily than most of the native grasses that populated the once green California hillsides. The only way to repatriate the soil and sunlight to the native grasses is by first ripping up the roots of those wild oats and destroying (or somehow getting rid of) the seeds so they can't plant themselves. This is exactly my plan, to be followed with planting of native grasses if I can do so in a helpful manner, and I encourage other Californians to do the same. This grass is a danger both to native wildlife and to crops. But why just get rid of a plant when I can also cut down on my consumption and waste by using what I took? I've gotta say, cooking and eating the oat seeds is one way to make sure they don't germinate...