The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: gavo on September 14, 2008, 10:08:07 pm
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Hello,
Has anyone used rushes for bedding ? Our pigs always use it to make their arcs comfy. With all the rushes in abundance over here (Fermanagh is the wettest county in the UK) I'm thinking about having a rush harvest and drying it out in the shed for use in lieu of "traditional" materials. Is this worth my time ?
Cheers
Gavin
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Gavin, funnily enough we are using bedding, cut from out wet land, and it is working very well for our pigs, the hen house floor, for the geese and ducks. I have been using it for the rabbits, but putting hay on the top of it so they can suggle down.
We call it rushes, but it is baled from a spikey green plant that seems to thrive on the wet boggy field. It certainly wont see us through the winter, but it is a good contribution towards the bedding, and it is from an area of our property that would otherwise be useless really.
My gran would have called us thrifty!
Kate :pig:
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there are rushes in part of our pig paddock and the pigs always pick them and use them ;D