tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post7467008322777221483..comments2023-07-03T03:19:09.972-05:00Comments on Dancing in a Field of Tansy: feeding our ownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post-76439352145486476112008-11-07T10:23:00.000-06:002008-11-07T10:23:00.000-06:00Great post and idea. Thanks for sharing that infor...Great post and idea. Thanks for sharing that information.<BR/><BR/>I used to plant 2 extra rows of most things for our pigs when we had them. I found most of the veggies were eaten by the pigs and even the wild turkeys.<BR/><BR/>I did dehydrate (solar) some of them to feed later, to fatten them up right before the butcher came. <BR/><BR/>I also timed it so they could eat the acorns and butternuts from behind our house. Boy were they (the pigs) ever tasty from eating the nuts. I could tell the difference and even my sister noticed it.<BR/><BR/>~KarynLizzy Lane Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005189607245354191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post-89177552110645677212008-11-03T06:59:00.000-06:002008-11-03T06:59:00.000-06:00mon - they were hung in the greenhouse but the doo...mon - they were hung in the greenhouse but the door was open. grrr! <BR/><BR/>goats are surprisingly picky.<BR/><BR/>hickchick - they haven't eaten them so far...i'm hoping once the greens are dead they'll change their minds. <BR/><BR/>karl - yes...i cover the patch with the stalks and/or straw to keep it from freezing over.tansyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126378170210755616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post-47074561914976998312008-11-02T17:17:00.000-06:002008-11-02T17:17:00.000-06:00when do you dig your sunchokes? just before dinner...when do you dig your sunchokes? just before dinner like we did when we were there?Omelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084221498316008069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post-50121475881693320752008-11-02T06:02:00.000-06:002008-11-02T06:02:00.000-06:00Thanks for sharing your results! I guess being ad...Thanks for sharing your results! <BR/>I guess being adaptable to the unexpected successes is important. I am very curious if the goat like sunchokes? As a kid I remember my Dad accidently rototilling part of the (small) sunchoke patch and how they took over a big part of the garden the next year :) Live and learn. KHickchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569529847455539317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238935945204503440.post-27750998347245911462008-11-02T02:58:00.000-06:002008-11-02T02:58:00.000-06:00It all sounds like it's growing just great and the...It all sounds like it's growing just great and the goats have some gourmet dining! lol<BR/><BR/>The same thing happened to me with sunflowers. They weren't mine but a neighbour's. She didn't want them so I asked for them and hung them up outside. The birds had a great time. <BR/><BR/>We have a lot of naturally growing alfalfa which the local goats love, and lots of browsing is possible in our surrounds. But I'll be taking notes to what your goats love for next year when we have our own.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863793441609598153noreply@blogger.com