Is Sav-A-Chick necessary?

[The Critter Place]

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Is this the plant?

Reading up on it , it seems to be an herb/invasive weed to some. lol..

If it is the plant, I'll look into getting some!

Creeping Charlie

 

[Missi]

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Me? Spoil my birds?! WHY would I want to do that?!

I keep meaning to try sprouting some seed but the whole issue of bacteria freaks me out so I've been putting it off

 

[Missi]

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OMG I have TONS of this in my lawn! The butterflies LOVE the flowers! Sweet. I'll pluck some this evening!

 

[The Critter Place]

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Me? Spoil my birds?! WHY would I want to do that?!

I keep meaning to try sprouting some seed but the whole issue of bacteria freaks me out so I've been putting it off

I don't know why you would want to ?

My darn birds are eating way better than me these days.

Sprouts really aren't that hard, and the birds love them! I started mine with mung beans. They had a little trouble with the bean being a little hard and crunchy, so after they sprout, I run them through a little chopper.

They are so busy eating them, they don't even take time to jump in the pile and kick and scatter like they do with the crumble.!

Captive audience. lol!

Here's a good article I found on sprouting for birds.

Sprouting for birds

 

[Missi]

Awwweeee Look at 'em! They're like we want to nom NOWNOWNOW!!!

Please Mum! Give those sprouts to us NOW!

Love it. I'll have to fix some up this weekend!

 

[Stellar]

Yes that's it! I have photos in my very first blog too on my handy dandy website lol. I got a manual mower so it cuts the Charlie and I put in a bucket and give it to the birds! Again, nom nom nom

 

[Missi]

My quailies will be om nom nom nomming on some charlie this weekend!

Will get photos!

 

[The Critter Place]

LOL!
Sounds great!

Maybe I could talk one of you into sending me a few plants, I"d pay postage! Seems no one sells weeds! ROFL!

 

[Missi]

YES! Let me see what I can find this weekend. I'd like to pot them in some little plastic pots & get them healthy before I ship them. After a plant is uprooted, it goes through some major stress settling in its container. Might even drop most of its leaves. Then shipping is a huge stressor in its own. I'm afraid if I just pluck & ship them to you, you'd end up with dead charlies!

& we don't want that!

I'll pack it full of Miracle Gro Qucik Start...that is like steroids for ALL plants. A nice liquid feed. It is my miracle plant food.