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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

No, no, no!  Do not feed buckwheat to horses!  It causes photodermatitis the 
same as St. John's wort and Bishop's weed!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
> roxann wrote:

> Bev, I'm planting some buckwheat when it warms up a little more. how
> do you use it for your chickens? i was just planning to cut it when
> it flowered and use it to build my compost pile. also thought about
> seeing whether it could be dried and added to hay for the horses?