permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>]

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From:         David Menne <menne@IINET.NET.AU>
Subject:      Re: Pigs and Apples

The latest issue of WANATCA's magazine [Quandong] has an excellent
article "Figs, pigs and vines in Western Australian history"; 
which basically indicates that you generally can't give too much fruit,
and get excellent response.

We used to gather tonnes of acorns [3000+ trees along the river etc
planted by my grandfather] and they very beneficially 
supplemented the pig diets. Plants tend to concentrate a lot of very
valuable trace elements in seeds [for progeny survival reasons]; 
and our river banks were the first significant valley meadows where a
lot of good topsoil settled after being released by poor 
upstream farming practices. [It's an ill wind that blows no good. - John
Heywood (c.1497-1580])]

Fruit = carbohydrates + seeds; Fruit = very healthy organic
phytochemicals as well; Seeds = proteins and trace elements as well. See
eg http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/

 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Glade Blythe Brosi" <gbrosi@WARREN-WILSON.EDU>
 > To: <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
 > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 09:38
 > Subject: [SANET-MG] Pigs and Apples

 > > I am looking into the possibility of planting fruit trees around my
pig
 > > fields to supplement the pigs diets along with providing shade,
benefits to
 > > wildlife, and preventing soil erosion. I have three pig fields, all
of which
 > > are a couple acres in size, two are for sows before farrowing and
on a field
 > > is for BBQ hogs that are fattened for sale. Currently the areas
around the
 > > fields are in fescue and I am looking to improve that while
providing
 > > benefits to the pigs. If anyone knows anything about this or could
point
 > > me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. I am
trying to find
 > > information about how the fruit would affect the pigs diet? Is too
much
 > > bad? I am also interested in wieght gain and nutrients associated
with eating
 > > the fruit.

From:         Greg and April <gregandapril@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Pigs and Apples

Were might I find a copy?

Greg H.
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