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[Naomi Ann Counides <beefalo@rmci.net>]

Well everyone should buy geese.  I have new trees in the yard with my geese
and I carefully protect my trees with lots of chicken wire or the geese will
girdle them.  But the geese mow the grass and leave droppings behind.  My
husband has very little mowing to do.  And at the end of the season we take
the goslings to the poultry butcher and then have roasted smoked goose for
special occasions.  The soup is great too.  I will put my smoked goose soup
up against any soup made out of any other lawnmower, Lawnboy, Snapper,
Craftsman, whatever.  I also favor having goats (and good fencing).
Naomi Counides
Associated Beefalo of Idaho

tugger@netreach.net wrote:

> Yesterday I saw some trees done by a local amish nursery owner at
> about the same time I grafted trees last year.  His results are far
> superior to mine but he wouldn't share his secrets with me except to
> say he watered them 2x  per week and asked if I saw the geese up in
> the field by where he has his tree nursery? I watered my trees 2 or 3
> x per week last year with a dripper system, fertilized them 3 or 4 x
> per season with a manure tea, kept the weeds down but my whips are at
> max. 3' tall and his trees are 5-6' tall. He dug them late in the
> fall and put them in cold storage and had potted them for sale about a
> month ago. What am I missing or should I buy geese?
> Mike
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