[Market-farming] Guinea fowl in the Garden?
Wiediger, Alison
alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us
Thu Jan 14 12:09:13 EST 2010
Over the early part of the winter - we usually have asparagus starting
to come up by early April and counting back 120 days would be November.
Maybe late fall would be a better characterization...once it gets below
70 or so, I feel like it is winter ! And, we haven't done it every
year. I think it has been two or three years and the beetle population
is still much smaller than it was. Probably need to consider that in
late fall this year. It wasn't intentional the first time. We were
just moving layers over available grassy areas (yes, our asparagus is
"grassy"). Then, noticed the huge spears, and the asparagus beetle
problem was not nearly as bad. Serendipity!
Alison
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So, do you graze your poultry on the asparagus the year before, or over
the winter, to create the desired effect, Alison?
Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522
--- alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us wrote:
From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Guinea fowl in the Garden?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:59:10 -0600
Breck,
We have found that "pasturing" our pastured layers over our asparagus
has two very good effects. Our asparagus beetle population had declined
considerably, and our asparagus production has really increased - 1/2 to
3/4 inch stalks! However, we have to watch the time they are there
carefully to be in compliance with safe manure handling practices.
Asparagus comes up EARLY in the spring!
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
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