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2011 Foraging

aaah thanks for clearing the ivy thing up - Archie tries to eat it sometimes too!

I just foraged and got 2 huge bags of hawthorn for the buns! wahooo - they really enjoy it - though its a new thing for them...and some willow branches...

Just want to ask: Do you worry about the thorns on the hawthorn?
Some are quite nasty...whilst others dont have any...

and

Can the buns eat the berries?


thankyou!:wave:
 
Chelle; buns can't eat the berries AFAIK. I would remove the thorns, but the buns don't mind.

Also, I think I have a hawthorn hedge in my garden, but it doesn't have any thorns :?
 
Im presuming like any new food - hawthorn should be introduced slowly?

OR

like brambles can it be fed ever day and any amounts?

Thank all!:wave:

My bag of hawthorn is looking abit wilty today.....:?
 
Schuette said:
I may already have asked this, if so I apologise. :oops:

I've got some plant seed here, valerian, coltsfoot, passion flower and echinacea. Now, I know they can have coltsfoot, am pretty sure they can have echinacea but don't know about the other two. Any ideas?
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red valerian is safe to eat but not the common valerian, not sure which you've got
coltsfoot hmmm i say no because it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are liver damaging properties but i've seen them on safe lists?? personally i avoid.
pasion flower is not safe
echinacea is safe
 
Bunni_xx said:
Chelle; buns can't eat the berries AFAIK. I would remove the thorns, but the buns don't mind.

Also, I think I have a hawthorn hedge in my garden, but it doesn't have any thorns :?
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The Hawthorn round here doesn't have many thorns either.
 
rabbitnutrition said:
red valerian is safe to eat but not the common valerian, not sure which you've got
coltsfoot hmmm i say no because it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are liver damaging properties but i've seen them on safe lists?? personally i avoid.
pasion flower is not safe
echinacea is safe
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Thanks.

It's Valeriana officinalis.

I thought I'd seen coltsfoot in the Burns range?
 
yes i've seen it loads too but it's just a personal thing for me - i wouldn't many others would :D
it's kinda like groundsel, i've heard rabbits are suseptible to the liver damaging contents of it, it kills cattle and is closely related to ragwort! i wouldn't go near it myself let alone feed it but that's also on safe lists
i think that's just 2 examples of contraversial plants

you have the common valerian :(
 
rabbitnutrition said:
yes i've seen it loads too but it's just a personal thing for me - i wouldn't many others would :D
it's kinda like groundsel, i've heard rabbits are suseptible to the liver damaging contents of it, it kills cattle and is closely related to ragwort! i wouldn't go near it myself let alone feed it but that's also on safe lists
i think that's just 2 examples of contraversial plants

you have the common valerian :(
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Aw, never mind. i didn't specifically buy them for the rabbits :oops:

I need some little signs, one with a bunny and one with a bunny with a cross to stick by the plants in the garden :lol:
 
Can the buns have all the rocket plant? Stems and flowers as well? My rocket plants are running to seed so I've chopped them right back. :oops:
 
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sorry Schuette...not sure...:oops:

Just wanted to check as OH is on computer with my list....is Holly hock ok to feed? whole plant?

And sunflower stalk & leaves & petals....but not see?

thanks guys!

my sister bought me half a box of fresh rose petals today!:love:
 
bumping for Schuette & I :oops::lol:

Is Rocket ( I also presumed as in rocket salad) ok if its gone to seed?

is Holly hock ok to feed? whole plant?

And sunflower stalk & leaves & petals....but not the seed?

thankyou all...sorry if its already been mentioned before...:oops:
 
I didnt feed it in the end :oops: I forgot about it yesterday and it had gone funny by today. Hopefully the plant will now start producing some proper leaves. :oops:
 
chelle said:
bumping for Schuette & I :oops::lol:

Is Rocket ( I also presumed as in rocket salad) ok if its gone to seed?

is Holly hock ok to feed? whole plant?

And sunflower stalk & leaves & petals....but not the seed?

thankyou all...sorry if its already been mentioned before...:oops:
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As far as I'm aware rocket is fine even when it's gone to seed.

Don't know about Holly Hock or Sunflower stalks & leaves but Sunflower hearts are fine & are a good weight gaining food :)
 
Schuette said:
I didnt feed it in the end :oops: I forgot about it yesterday and it had gone funny by today. Hopefully the plant will now start producing some proper leaves. :oops:
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:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Thats so funny!:roll::lol::lol::lol:

Fluffers said:
As far as I'm aware rocket is fine even when it's gone to seed.

Don't know about Holly Hock or Sunflower stalks & leaves but Sunflower hearts are fine & are a good weight gaining food :)
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:Dthankyou Fluffers!

now....the sunflower heart? Thats the seeds isnt it?:oops:
If so...I thought they couldnt have seeds....sorry if Im way off the mark...:oops::?
 
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