any idea what the green spiky plant (bottom left) growing in my buns herb garden is
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I think this might be Dwarf Elder. Have a look through google images and compare with your specimen.
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I think this might be Dwarf Elder. Have a look through google images and compare with your specimen.
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Haha :lol:
Hopefully expert forage dryers j&b and/or loobers will see this and be able to advise. Before doing large amounts though, do check that your rabbits will eat dried forage. Mine won't
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
Hopefully expert forage dryers j&b and/or loobers will see this and be able to advise. Before doing large amounts though, do check that your rabbits will eat dried forage. Mine won't
I never knew your buns refused dried forage. Strange buns. I'd say mine eat about 95% of what I dry, some things they are more excited for than others.
Beapig - my fave way of drying forage is by poking larger bits in my crochet swinging hammock chair that is hooked up on the wall. i bought mine donkeys ago but you can get similar for about £30 from ebay.
More fiddly things such as vetch, plantain, hogweed, dandelions, herb robert I start off in the sunshine & move to windowsils.
The hammock chair thing works brilliantly as it hold so much as has good air flow.
Store in anything breathable, make sure its bone dry & don't seal fully. I use anything from paper bags, timothy hay sacks, boxes, cotton totes & pillow cases
I never knew your buns refused dried forage. Strange buns. I'd say mine eat about 95% of what I dry, some things they are more excited for than others.
Beapig - my fave way of drying forage is by poking larger bits in my crochet swinging hammock chair that is hooked up on the wall. i bought mine donkeys ago but you can get similar for about £30 from ebay.
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More fiddly things such as vetch, plantain, hogweed, dandelions, herb robert I start off in the sunshine & move to windowsils.
The hammock chair thing works brilliantly as it hold so much as has good air flow.
Store in anything breathable, make sure its bone dry & don't seal fully. I use anything from paper bags, timothy hay sacks, boxes, cotton totes & pillow cases
This is fantastic info, thank you J&B!
My bunnies have had dried forage before, and so far they seem to enjoy it. For the drying out process, is it possible to tie together larger things (like brambles) with jute and suspend them for the drying process, before bagging up? I'm trying to think of where I'm going to have space for the drying process.This evening I harvested a lot of dandies, herb robert and brambles during a 20 minute walk.
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
This is fantastic info, thank you J&B!
This evening I harvested a lot of dandies, herb robert and brambles during a 20 minute walk.
I see no reason why not, just watch the areas that are bunched together as they'll dry slower or tie loosely if you can. Last year I pinned raffia along my kitchen beams and hung forage over that. Needs must :lol:
I never knew your buns refused dried forage. Strange buns. I'd say mine eat about 95% of what I dry, some things they are more excited for than others.
Beapig - my fave way of drying forage is by poking larger bits in my crochet swinging hammock chair that is hooked up on the wall. i bought mine donkeys ago but you can get similar for about £30 from ebay.
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More fiddly things such as vetch, plantain, hogweed, dandelions, herb robert I start off in the sunshine & move to windowsils.
The hammock chair thing works brilliantly as it hold so much as has good air flow.
Store in anything breathable, make sure its bone dry & don't seal fully. I use anything from paper bags, timothy hay sacks, boxes, cotton totes & pillow cases
Yep, strange indeed :lol: I've tried it by itself and also scattered on hay with no success.
Is the Blackthorn in competition with other tree leaves or not? I quite often find that any sort of tree leaf is liked more than other types of forage. Fresh long stalky grass does not seem to be a favourite at the moment, which seems strange to me.
Yes, you might be right :lol: They like Hogweed very much.
loobers25
Warren Veteran
I'd say definitely if you don't think they would use any weed killer etc
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Is this Hornbeam?
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I don't think so. Hornbeam and Beech are very similar and I think the easy-to-tell difference between the two is the number of veins in the leaf. From memory I think Hornbeam has the greater number, but I'll need to check later (as I'm supposed to be preparing a meal for this evening atm
I'll report back later
