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Ragwort will kill baby lambs, as a city farm near me discovered when they put some in the pen, thinking lambs can eat any vegetation...
Ragwort will kill baby lambs, as a city farm near me discovered when they put some in the pen, thinking lambs can eat any vegetation...My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
I am doing a short post now 8:30 am, no video editing, quick kaleidoscope of my wall, then the internetty goes off for today...You definitely need a day just for you after your brain was fried.
Hope you have a lovely relaxing day @gennepher
Thank you for sharing the art and photographs of blister land. It sounds as though yesterday went well and today is another opportunity to find shade, good food and, I'm assuming, good wine. How's the ankles?Good morning everyone from a deliciously overcast start with only 23 degrees of scorchio here in blister land. Yesterday afternoon was spent at a place called Niki Beach under the shade of big parasols. Nice pool, some good food but with the land of razor sharp rocks hiding under an alluring sea. Dinner last night at some Italian place which had a good fish menu. No idea for today, off for a wander round an outdoor market just up the road. Art bit - quick tree - they move so fast here. Hope everyone is coping as well as they can be. The scent of Koffy is in the air.
The College of Agriculture here used to recommend putting sheep in to clear ragwort - apparently it doesn't do them any harm. It is certainly bad for horses and cattle. Not sure about goats but ours never had the chance to test it. I did find, though, that plants which were supposed to be dangerous for them turned out to do no harm - one of our goats got into the garden and chomped her way through rhodedendron and daffodils before we got her out. The plants died/died back. The goat was fine.My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
Beautiful @Lamont D. Thanks for sharing.A few of my blooms, no idea of them names. Just nice flowers for show!
roses took a battering from the thunderstorms, so no photo.
have a wonderful evening.
best wishes.
My garden is swamped by montbretia - I still call it that. I love the plant both before it flowers and when it is in flower.Beautiful @Lamont D. Thanks for sharing.
The plant on the right is a South African perennial called Crocosmia, once widely known as Montbretia, (until plant taxonomists decided it had been wrongly classified). Some gardeners still use the old name.
Require a close-up photograph to identify the plant on the left.
Great fbg and good intentions for the day. Talking of good intentions/high hopes have an image and go google Operation Coconut Tree5.1 at 03.00 today. It's up a bit now but I've had my breakfast and it should start going down soon. Must stay away from family history websites today.
My garden is swamped by montbretia - I still call it that. I love the plant both before it flowers and when it is in flower.
Once common, cinnabar moths are still seen in much of England and Wales @gennepher. The larvae like to munch on ragwort leaves, so can play a useful role in the biological control of ragwort.It is a long time since I have seen a cinnabar moth @LivingLightly
Yes it will - and any other animal that eats it.Ragwort will kill baby lambs, as a city farm near me discovered when they put some in the pen, thinking lambs can eat any vegetation...
Thank you @ianpspurs - ankles OK at present but had a whale of a time yesterday and legs from knees down quite sore before I had a pre-bed shower.Thank you for sharing the art and photographs of blister land. It sounds as though yesterday went well and today is another opportunity to find shade, good food and, I'm assuming, good wine. How's the ankles
Mum had a field shared by sheep, Dexter cows a herd of Anglo Nubian goats and a couple of cobs. The few pigs had their own preferred place. Only 17 acres and with a stream and a mill race down to an old and cranky mill.The College of Agriculture here used to recommend putting sheep in to clear ragwort - apparently it doesn't do them any harm. It is certainly bad for horses and cattle. Not sure about goats but ours never had the chance to test it. I did find, though, that plants which were supposed to be dangerous for them turned out to do no harm - one of our goats got into the garden and chomped her way through rhodedendron and daffodils before we got her out. The plants died/died back. The goat was fine.
Yes @dunelm. The danger comes from alkaloids which are harmless inside the living plant. That said, other common plants, such as groundsel, also contain these same alkaloids. So is the threat posed by ragwort worthy of the near hysteria that it seems to induce in some quarters?My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
You needed a decompression interview. Good to see that something good may have come out of COVID and that finally "the blazers/suits" may just be seeing sportspeople as more than mere commodities to boost "our" soft power. Watch the grotesque collection of privately educated opportunists and 30 p Lee (who) successfully present themselves as the voice of ordinary people led by that snake oil salesmen in "mustard-coloured trousers, (all) pints and fags and nostalgia for imperial measures and the Dunkirk spirit" froth all over the place - except the very Clacton he vowed to serve. With thanks to John HarrisThank you @ianpspurs - ankles OK at present but had a whale of a time yesterday and legs from knees down quite sore before I had a pre-bed shower.
It is particurly toxic to horses.My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
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