BarredBuff
Chillin' In The Garden
Depends on how much they eat this winter. It d be for the rabbits, ducks and chickens. Itd be grass, clover silage to from the yard. Just some winter greens.seedcorn said:
Do you plant anything especially for your chickens?
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BarredBuff
Chillin' In The Garden
I read it off of mother earth news, thats where I got my idea. Im still gonna try it.seedcorn said:
Collector
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we grow weeds for our chickens mostly volunteer though, and always a bumper crop LOL. next year we will try something else.
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hoodat
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If we don't try anything new we don't learn anything new.BarredBuff said:
vfem
Garden Addicted
Exactly....hoodat said:If we don't try anything new we don't learn anything new.BarredBuff said:
journey11
Garden Master
I'd read something about small scale silage too, although now I can't remember where.... Just more proof that I spend too much time online. Ha.
digitS'
Garden Master
Usually, the outer layer of silage darkens and spoils as feed.
This is only a couple of inches but in a small container, it could be a significant loss. I suspect that temperature has something to do with this and the interior cures better because the temperature is more consistent.
I'm not sure if you would want to bring a crock of fermenting grass and clover indoors but . . . fermented foods are sometimes buried in the ground . . .
A farm near my home used to pile ensilage between concrete and earth berms. That may be more common elsewhere. There still seemed to be a lot of waste under the tarp they used to cover it.
Steve
This is only a couple of inches but in a small container, it could be a significant loss. I suspect that temperature has something to do with this and the interior cures better because the temperature is more consistent.
I'm not sure if you would want to bring a crock of fermenting grass and clover indoors but . . . fermented foods are sometimes buried in the ground . . .
A farm near my home used to pile ensilage between concrete and earth berms. That may be more common elsewhere. There still seemed to be a lot of waste under the tarp they used to cover it.
Steve
seedcorn
Garden Master
The way to ensile a small portion is simple.
5 gal. bucket w/lid. Place a black plastic bag inside. Pack material you want to ensile inside as tight as you can. Twist the bag closed so that it is sealed from air, put the lid on the bucket, in 2 weeks (weather dependent) it will have ensiled. Corn silage needs to be about 65% going in. Not sure on pure grass. Most people dry grasses, alfalfa, etc instead of ensiling them.
If you take out what you want, then pack and reseal, you should lose very little to none. Now if you leave it uncovered, be prepared to lose it all.
5 gal. bucket w/lid. Place a black plastic bag inside. Pack material you want to ensile inside as tight as you can. Twist the bag closed so that it is sealed from air, put the lid on the bucket, in 2 weeks (weather dependent) it will have ensiled. Corn silage needs to be about 65% going in. Not sure on pure grass. Most people dry grasses, alfalfa, etc instead of ensiling them.
If you take out what you want, then pack and reseal, you should lose very little to none. Now if you leave it uncovered, be prepared to lose it all.
