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- From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:37:28 -0500
Title: Message
There
have been quite a few studies done in the past few years using weeder
geese. Here are some resources:
Weeder
Geese (Univ. of Missouri) http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G8922
Using
Geese to Control Weeds (Metzer Farms) http://metzerfarms.com/weeder.htm
Weedwacker or Just Another Pretty Face?: http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/commongrnd/03fall.pdf
Weeder
Geese http://www.dietrick.org/biocontrol_geese
Weeder
Geese and Vole Control in the Orchard http://westwashrest.blogspot.com/2009/03/weeder-geese-and-vole-control-in.html
-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Moore
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:59 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Moore
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:59 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese
The information I have says 4-6 geese per acre. If you feed them your most common weeds as goslings they will eat them and leave your veggies alone.
From: Kieran &/or Donna <holycow@frontiernet.net>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:26:24 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] weeder geese
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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