[TheForge] Beware the quiet welder

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Well, you have already gotten my goat Jerry..pf

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Around here willow is #1 but birch and alder are right up there, 
> especially in spring. If fall dropped leaves in a better manner we'd 
> vacuum them up, dry and store them for winter. Unfortunately fall is 
> usually really wet here so all we'd be doing is killing them with leaf 
> mold.
> 
> Of the woody herbs their favorite is Devil's Club a pungent bitter thorn 
> covered noxious weed that can grow 6-7' high and punch right through 
> leather gloves. They love the stuff and will literally paw through the 
> remains of winter's snow where it grows and check daily till shoots show 
> then chew them off at the ground. Outside of Using Roundup a couple 
> years in a row it's the ONLY way I know of to get rid of Devil's Club.
> 
> Makes pretty good tea though.
> 
> Goats have nutrient radar and go for the best eats around. You might 
> consider collecting their favorite leaves, drying them and feeding them 
> back during the winter a bit at a time. It's a good way to keep them 
> healthy and happy till spring. Just watch for mold, it's a killer.
> 
> Frosty
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> Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
> 
> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
> 
> 
>> My goats like sweet leaves - they go nuts over black locust.
>>
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