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Gala, golden delicious, pink lady, grannies
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Green Squall
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I wonder if cows would eat crab apples? My neighbor has a tree, yet they all fall onto my property, attracting a shitload of yellow jackets in the process. I usually avoid that area when mowing the lawn.
they all eat crab apples.horses,llamas,cows all farm animals really.at least mine do
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Teddybrae
All of this is true in my experience.
Hell ... at 25 degrees S where I live there are vast citrus orchards ... and guess what? the local cattles learn to eat citrus.
(I say 'cattles' because cattle farmers get upset when anyone calls their Steers 'Cows' which of course are female cattles. So I, a humble worker in metal, whenever I have to speak to a cattle grower about his beasts, sez: "... them cattles".)
Oh ... I think I went off thread ... cheers!
Hell ... at 25 degrees S where I live there are vast citrus orchards ... and guess what? the local cattles learn to eat citrus.
(I say 'cattles' because cattle farmers get upset when anyone calls their Steers 'Cows' which of course are female cattles. So I, a humble worker in metal, whenever I have to speak to a cattle grower about his beasts, sez: "... them cattles".)
Oh ... I think I went off thread ... cheers!
Grannys
Hmmmm...yes, I am partial to a Granny Smith apple on a daily basis, hard and tart/sweet, but I am certainly not a cow...
*...ehh, hold on while I check for udders.
maybe some bright spark/grower out there could start a thread entitled 'Grown in Human Manure?'....I would be happy to donate, lol.
thats true.Johnny Appleseed was actually a hoocher.look it up.boy the lies they tell kids is actually comical.
I would bet the best fertz come from cows not horses...
Bat guano is second
i would have guessed worm castings myself. is there a contest in there somewhere?
I'm gonna guess that horse shit is to acidic��
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Teddybrae
I have it from an ancient and certainly very wise old Woman cattle farmer (we don't call them Ranchers here) who used to live off-grid and ride in a horse cart to town and grow her own food THAT: there is very little difference in terms of performance between cow and horse. Cow has more phosphates available but not much. Cheers!
well yeah,if they eat the same food its probably not too much different.its probably all in the diet
troutman
Seed Whore
I've fed crab apples to horses when I was a kid and they liked them.
Even the ducks in the farmers pond ate small pieces of them.
my groundhogs & squirrels love them too...blue jays eat holes in them as well.
I love apples. When I lived in Maine I sold apples and cider for a few years at farmers markets. I had a neighbor that had an orchard. All modern hybrids except for macs and winesap and a few other more old timey apples. I like the crosses with golden delicious even though I hate golden d itself. Gala, Honeycrisp are just reliably good, never mealy. If you know the apples were immediately refrigerated after harvest then the mac hybrids have that sharper more complex flavor. A mix of mac and gala cider was money in the bank. Give out samples, folks would buy. A lot like real Vermont fancy syrup.
When I moved to Virginia the apples were different. Mostly muddy flavored. I think the heat drove out the terpenes. You cannot compete with the near freezing cold nights of fall in New England to sharpen that flavor profile and drive up the sugars.
When I moved to Virginia the apples were different. Mostly muddy flavored. I think the heat drove out the terpenes. You cannot compete with the near freezing cold nights of fall in New England to sharpen that flavor profile and drive up the sugars.
lol i just remembered my neighbor would throw apples at semi tucks.i never did.anyway he got lucky one day and hit a truck driver in the face almost causeing an accident.boy was he pissed.he called the cops but nobody really got in trouble.boy he got him square in the face.i know it had to hurt
If you compost horse poo it's great to add to straw for a few shroom bins.
I'm going to assume that composting horse manure would render it more available to plants.
I'm going to assume that composting horse manure would render it more available to plants.
