To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Pigs
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 12:27:41 -0400
Jim:
Did you have any trouble with the pigs getting through the fence? How big
(weight) were they when you removed them from the plot. I plan on doing what
you did to three acres (although for a different reason).
Bruce
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Jim Fruth
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:43 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Killing Poison Ivy Organically
There seems to be much interest in killing Poison Ivy so I thought I'd
tell you how I killed it. I had alot of it and it was so thick that I
couldn't get into it to spray without getting some on me so, first, I made a
trip to the hardware store. I bought electric fence supplies, enough to
enclose my one acre, installing two wires, one at 12" high and another at
30". Then I rented two goats. Goats LOVE the stuff. After a month or so,
the land was de-nuded of Poison Ivy AND all other brush, but the roots were
still intact. I returned the goats and bought a few pigs (I couldn't find
anyone who would rent pigs). The pigs rooted up all of the roots. Then,
when the land was ready to plant, the neighbors and I had pork sausage in
the freezer.
--
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN
www.bberryfarm.com
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