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- From: "Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:26:24 -0500
Back when I thought I wanted geese, I came across
info on small weeder geese that were used in cotton fields in the
south. A dozen geese could do the work of one man with a hoe. They
ran them in the fields early in the season, they ate the grass and produced a
luxury meat crop to sell. They were really necessary during the world wars
when manpower was short. I'd think that some of the organic cotton growers
ought to get in on it.
Likewise it seems that for
strawberries the geese are brought in early and get the grass out before the
plants get going good. It's not like they are standing around on the
berries in picking season. The trick is not too many geese, just
enough to do the job. Donna
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[NAFEX] input, output- not flavor,
Alan Haigh, 06/18/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] input, output- not flavor,
Kevin Moore, 06/18/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese, Naomi Counides, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Kevin Moore, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Lon J. Rombough, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/19/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese, Kevin Moore, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Brungardt, Sam, 06/19/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Lon J. Rombough, 06/19/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] input, output- not flavor, Naomi Counides, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/18/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] input, output- not flavor,
Kevin Moore, 06/18/2009
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