permaculture

[Ute Bohnsack <sustag@eircom.net>]

Very interesting Georg,
a different experience again and more in line with what I've been
reading on the net. Perhaps they need a bit of early training, like
weeder geese which apparently can be trained, to an extent, to eat only
particular plants.

georg parlow wrote:
> 
> > The ducks will really enjoy a good feed of cabbages whiles they munch on
> > the slugs - you'd really need to monitor this carefully - could be you'd
> > only get damage on outer leaves but I'd be very cautious. Ducks enjoy
> > eating lots of greens, not only weeds but many vegies.
> 
> i am having different experience with runner ducks - mine werent touching a
> thing except slugs until they wore the population down considerably - after
> that they cleared my pole beans of any leaves as high as they could reach -
> was still no problem, since they were already well grown. no other losses of
> green stuff to runners. and friends tell me, that their taste for whatever
> varies considerably with the individual - just as with dogs or bears...

and people...
> 
> cheers
> georg
>
Slán,
Ute