Yes, we've got loads of Dandelions too. Also loads of Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Avens, RedDead-nettle and small Dock leaves.
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- Thread starter willow and squiggles
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Yes, we've got loads of Dandelions too. Also loads of Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Avens, RedDead-nettle and small Dock leaves.
:lol:
I am boarding a couple of rabbits at the moment who are trying to lose weightThey are getting lots of forage and are scooping it all up, thorns and stings and all :lol:
C'mon this can't be true :lol: No rabbit tries to lose weight. They all eat as much as they can, when they can........don't they? Methinks a HUMAN has decided that these poor rabbits are a little bit too bonny, n'est-ce pas?:lol:
Kara
Warren Veteran
My husband found my foraging book, it had slipped down the end of the kitchen table woo hoo so I was out with it yesterday :thumb:
They really are crazy eating machines! Just like me
Maybe I need a diet of nettles & brambles :lol:
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
Loads & loads of Blackthorn gathered today - probably far too much for three bunnies but I'm a woman possessed. Also lots of sloe berries - no green ones picked this year so hoping my sloe gin won't taste of cyanide this year. F in law still here (taken up permanent residence) so took my coffee out for some tranquil time & a big hairy dog stuck his nose in it & had a big slurp !! Bad doggy
Calming vibes sent. A pity you'll have to wait so long for the sloe gin to mature :lol:
MightyMax
Banned
At new place?! Bad doggy - should be welcoming new neighbours not stealing from them :lol:
Not ever seen Blackthorn down here. I shall have to have another look at a photo to remind myself what it looks like even
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
At new place?! Bad doggy - should be welcoming new neighbours not stealing from them :lol:
Not ever seen Blackthorn down here. I shall have to have another look at a photo to remind myself what it looks like even
No - out the back of rented house. There is a blackthorn near new house. I'll post a photo one day soon if you like madmax :lol:
At new place?! Bad doggy - should be welcoming new neighbours not stealing from them :lol:
Not ever seen Blackthorn down here. I shall have to have another look at a photo to remind myself what it looks like even
There's usually loads in any rural hedge anywhere :thumb: We have lots within our hedges, although I've never fed it.
Can someone remind me please what can be fed and when. Am I right in thinking it's only OK this time of the year?
MightyMax
Banned
I certainly do like madmax :lol:
Horace the Bold
Alpha Buck
Just back from looking for sloes, we usually pick 6 or 7lbs. There isn't ANY here! What a disaster [emoji33]
Yes, we've got quite a lot around the property at the moment. Now I would have agreed with you and would have said it was a Spring flowering plant, but I've just checked in my book and it says Jan-Dec :shock:
There's still quite a variety of plants to be had here. I think the warmish weather a week or so ago plus the rain since has brought them on. Lots of the Spring flowering perennials are also trying to flower again. If the nights get much colder then I don't think that will continue. We and the rabbits are making the most of it
MightyMax
Banned
Yes, we've got quite a lot around the property at the moment. Now I would have agreed with you and would have said it was a Spring flowering plant, but I've just checked in my book and it says Jan-Dec :shock:
There's still quite a variety of plants to be had here. I think the warmish weather a week or so ago plus the rain since has brought them on. Lots of the Spring flowering perennials are also trying to flower again. If the nights get much colder then I don't think that will continue. We and the rabbits are making the most of it
Thank you Omi
MightyMax
Banned
willow and squiggles
Mama Doe
Im going stripping some leaves off trees before its to late. They have eaten most of my dried stuff now so will have to dry some more.
MightyMax
Banned
Will be quite a rush to get enough forage for the winter now? I'd better have a look around myself - only hawthorn here really ..
The leaves on my apple and pear trees are going yellow, and there seems to be a small window to pick them before they turn .
The leaves on our apple trees have been turning yellow for several weeks now. I have been picking a very large handful early morning for the rabbits, when I'm on "watch" while the chickens free range. I noticed this morning that there was more than one handful available for picking, so they had a second handful this afternoon
The Dandelions have become quite large and also the Cow Parsley has grown a lot recently. The Common Hogweed is growing well and so is the Common Mallow. We still also have lots of Plantain (both types).
