Author Topic: No goats  (Read 3078 times)

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
No goats
« on: October 15, 2020, 09:23:51 pm »
Getting used to having no goats but what do I do with all my fruit tree prunings now?  :roflanim:

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: No goats
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2020, 11:17:35 pm »



They (allegedly) produce some interesting dye colours, I think pinky.


You could root the cuttings and go into business selling fruit trees  :tree: :apple: :tree: :cherry: :tree: :pear: :tree:


You could chip them for mulch


You could weave a hedgehog shelter


Erm..... ;D   :wave:
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cans

  • Joined May 2013
Re: No goats
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2020, 10:56:33 am »
Same boat here, except it’s rasp canes, cabbage and cauliflower greens.  I begrudge the composter them after so many years of being goaty treats 

I like the idea of swapping for  :goat: cuddles

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: No goats
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2020, 11:28:32 am »
Get yourself a pet rabbit instead. I tried fattening rabbits (meat rabbits however) on just brambles and it worked!
They also est cabbage bits and apple tree prunnings  :thumbsup:
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

sheeponthebrain

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Turriff
Re: No goats
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2020, 07:47:07 pm »



You could root the cuttings and go into business selling fruit trees  :tree: :apple: :tree: :cherry: :tree: :pear: :tree:



Erm..... ;D   :wave:
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sounds a hood idea.  I'll buy some from you once they have roots

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: No goats
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2020, 09:49:49 pm »
Some brilliant ideas. I think I'll give growing fruit trees a miss. I'm supposed to be cutting back on what I do, not finding another job. Hedgehog shelters? Good idea - I will try it if my hands will allow it. I think SD has probably had the most feasible idea. I'll put something on the Goaty Friends Facebook group. And hope
that someone on here who is near would like some.

 

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