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  1. VictoriaTemple

    Bamboo leaves as food....

    I haven’t noticed any mites in mine. Of course, my birds don’t bed in it or go through leaves. I have an established grove (psst...that’s code for IT’S TAKING OVER!!!!!) and I cut a few culms every few days and toss them in the pen. They love the leaves so much, and when they are done with them...
  2. VictoriaTemple

    Bamboo leaves as food....

    And yet we love sugar so much. Maybe we’re not supposed to burn it. Maybe God’s trying to tell us about a new use for it we don’t know about. Livestock feed? Paper? Non-combustion fuel source?:idunno
  3. VictoriaTemple

    Bamboo leaves as food....

    Just ordered two beautiful Heirloom roses for my run fence. I’m planting them on the OUTSIDE of the fence, AND blocking off the area on the chickens’ side with a 4’ puppy fence. Hopefully I can get some grass seed planted in the fenced area, and in 2 or 3 years, the grass and roses might be able...
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    Bamboo leaves as food....

    I second the fire bush vote! My feather babies love it any time it has leaves on it. My woods is full of it (it’s HIGHLY invasive).
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    Bamboo leaves as food....

    Harvested some of my invasive bamboo for my flock. Not a type consumable by humans, BTW. They LOVE it!! It’s so much fun watching them scrounge around in it. I will definitely keep a pile of cut bamboo in their yard from now on. I can lay the spent stalks down as a mat over the low muddy spots...
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    Bamboo leaves as food....

    OMG, bamboo making itself useful. Who’d a thunk it? I have a love-hate relationship with my 3 unknown bamboo species (all runners planted by a neighbor) because they are taking over my little 1 acre patch of woods. I can’t remove it, it’s too much work. But I can certainly harvest some for the...
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