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Today's Bunny Forage....

Blackberry & Co

Blackberry & Co

Wise Old Thumper
Today I went out twice for a Bramble Ramble.

First time out I git a huge basket full of bramble leaves and raspberry canes and leaves (and a couple of canes with roots on again to plant in the garden :lol:)

Second time out I got some more brambles, some wild rose leaves, lots of small branches full of leaves off some crab apple trees.....oh, and some blackberries for us humans :lol:

Anyone else get anything good today?
 
I feel soooooo guilty! :oops:Haven't ventured beyond the garden. My poor Spenser is getting soooooo fed up with spring greens from the supermarket. :evil: I tried him with a leaf from our apple tree but he only took a polite nibble before rather rudely dropping it in poo corner. :roll: We have mint in the garden, but I don't know if it is the type you can give to rabbits. It's growing between the slabs by the hutch!
 
susie bun said:
I feel soooooo guilty! :oops:Haven't ventured beyond the garden. My poor Spenser is getting soooooo fed up with spring greens from the supermarket. :evil: I tried him with a leaf from our apple tree but he only took a polite nibble before rather rudely dropping it in poo corner. :roll: We have mint in the garden, but I don't know if it is the type you can give to rabbits. It's growing between the slabs by the hutch!
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I think any mint is ok, just introduce it very gradually as it's quite strong.

I sat by the aviary picking any duff leaves off the apple branches, and Blackberry sat there pulling them into the run when I wasn't looking, despite the fact I'd given them all nice fresh leaves :roll:
 
Oh yes! I also went out twice for a ramble too .....

After lunch and my drum lesson I managed to find a very nice milky coffee and a brownie with hazel nuts in it, dusted with iceing sugar. Then this evening I found a lovely latte with a cherry/nutty/raisiney/cakey bun - this one was bought for me - it tasted the nicest!!

I'm such a Weeble!! (Oops - showing my age again!! :shock::oops:)
 
bensonlola said:
Oh yes! I also went out twice for a ramble too .....

After lunch and my drum lesson I managed to find a very nice milky coffee and a brownie with hazel nuts in it, dusted with iceing sugar. Then this evening I found a lovely latte with a cherry/nutty/raisiney/cakey bun - this one was bought for me - it tasted the nicest!!

I'm such a Weeble!! (Oops - showing my age again!! :shock::oops:)
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Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!!!!:lol::lol::lol:
 
Blackberry & Co said:
I think any mint is ok, just introduce it very gradually as it's quite strong.

I sat by the aviary picking any duff leaves off the apple branches, and Blackberry sat there pulling them into the run when I wasn't looking, despite the fact I'd given them all nice fresh leaves :roll:
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I read that pennyroyal mint wasn't good for buns, but how is someone who once confused strawberry and tomato plants supposed to distinguish between different mints???? :oops::oops: As to strong flavours, Spenser went in a day long huff when I tried him with basil. Wouldn't go near his dish until I had removed the offending leaves. :roll:
 
susie bun said:
I read that pennyroyal mint wasn't good for buns, but how is someone who once confused strawberry and tomato plants supposed to distinguish between different mints???? :oops::oops: As to strong flavours, Spenser went in a day long huff when I tried him with basil. Wouldn't go near his dish until I had removed the offending leaves. :roll:
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I read that too so I buy mint for them from Asda - it's just called British Garden mint. Rabbits love it - they get about 1 or 2 sprigs per day. They don't like the stalks but the piggies eat those - like sharoots!! :lol:
 
susie bun said:
I read that pennyroyal mint wasn't good for buns, but how is someone who once confused strawberry and tomato plants supposed to distinguish between different mints???? :oops::oops: As to strong flavours, Spenser went in a day long huff when I tried him with basil. Wouldn't go near his dish until I had removed the offending leaves. :roll:
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Hmmm....yes, probably a good idea to buy mint :lol: You could get a pot from a garden centre to plant out - it would soon spread.
 
I haven't been foraging today, and I can't find any available apple trees, see lots of willow trees but they're in people's gardens :roll:...gonna turn into the midnight picker :lol: we have no sun so I can't dry them either :roll:

BUT yesterday I did go to Bury market and finally found mooooosive bunches of celery with all the leaves attached, been searching everywhere, then an overgrown bunch of carrot tops :shock: when I went back to pick them up other customers had asked for leaves off so she put them in my bag :D:D and got a big bunch of flatleaf parsley all for £2.10 :D

Oh tell a lie I did go out.... for a lush very green bale of hay :D
 
Blackberry & Co said:
Hmmm....yes, probably a good idea to buy mint :lol: You could get a pot from a garden centre to plant out - it would soon spread.
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I had thought of this and looked but I'm that afraid of buying the wrong one I chickened out. Mint is dear though for all you get 75p for an ickle pot - only lasts about 4 days then theres the basil too - tried to grow basil but it seems tricky - it all died. Do you need to grow it inside? I suppose you have a warmer climate in the south though - it's never that warm over here!! :evil:
 
bensonlola said:
I had thought of this and looked but I'm that afraid of buying the wrong one I chickened out. Mint is dear though for all you get 75p for an ickle pot - only lasts about 4 days then theres the basil too - tried to grow basil but it seems tricky - it all died. Do you need to grow it inside? I suppose you have a warmer climate in the south though - it's never that warm over here!! :evil:
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I buy the pots of basil from the supermarket, pick the leaves off over 3 r 4 days for the boys, then let them pick the rest of the leaves themselves by putting the pot in the run. Then, when there's just the bare stalks left I pop the pot in a plastic mini greenhouse and wait for them to sprout again. Same with parsely. Seems to work quite well so far!
 
lildebs said:
I haven't been foraging today, and I can't find any available apple trees, see lots of willow trees but they're in people's gardens :roll:...gonna turn into the midnight picker :lol: we have no sun so I can't dry them either :roll:

BUT yesterday I did go to Bury market and finally found mooooosive bunches of celery with all the leaves attached, been searching everywhere, then an overgrown bunch of carrot tops :shock: when I went back to pick them up other customers had asked for leaves off so she put them in my bag :D:D and got a big bunch of flatleaf parsley all for £2.10 :D

Oh tell a lie I did go out.... for a lush very green bale of hay :D
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Oooh - green hay.....jealous!!!!!
 
Blackberry & Co said:
I buy the pots of basil from the supermarket, pick the leaves off over 3 r 4 days for the boys, then let them pick the rest of the leaves themselves by putting the pot in the run. Then, when there's just the bare stalks left I pop the pot in a plastic mini greenhouse and wait for them to sprout again. Same with parsely. Seems to work quite well so far!
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What??!!! WHAT!!!??? they sprout again????? There's me feeding them to the piggies and the stalks sprout again!!!!! :shock:
 
I was REALLY excited when I saw them...he showed me them in the back of the shop compared to the other bales, fresh this year and all for £4 each :p
 
lildebs said:
I haven't been foraging today, and I can't find any available apple trees, see lots of willow trees but they're in people's gardens :roll:...gonna turn into the midnight picker :lol: we have no sun so I can't dry them either :roll:

BUT yesterday I did go to Bury market and finally found mooooosive bunches of celery with all the leaves attached, been searching everywhere, then an overgrown bunch of carrot tops :shock: when I went back to pick them up other customers had asked for leaves off so she put them in my bag :D:D and got a big bunch of flatleaf parsley all for £2.10 :D

Oh tell a lie I did go out.... for a lush very green bale of hay :D
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I'd love to get a nice bale of green hay for mine. Don't know where I would get one.
 
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