Comments on: Soft fruit, chickens and rose petals http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/soft-fruit-chickens-and-rose-petals-5987 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/soft-fruit-chickens-and-rose-petals-5987/comment-page-1#comment-64941 fn Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:01:39 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5987#comment-64941 Hi Cathy I'm looking forward to planting the seed in my electric propogator. The starts are in the ground and already making fresh shoots! I have not tasted a rose petal yet. Apparently strawberries are related to roses. Hi Celia Thanks so much for the tip about Gariguette - I must check out that nursery. Hi Liz That made me smile. Thanks for dropping by. Hi Cathy

I’m looking forward to planting the seed in my electric propogator. The starts are in the ground and already making fresh shoots!

I have not tasted a rose petal yet. Apparently strawberries are related to roses.

Hi Celia

Thanks so much for the tip about Gariguette – I must check out that nursery.

Hi Liz

That made me smile. Thanks for dropping by.

]]> By: Liz http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/soft-fruit-chickens-and-rose-petals-5987/comment-page-1#comment-64836 Liz Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5987#comment-64836 When I was a child, we had a smallholding. My mother reliably informs me that it really is possible to have too many strawberries - about 6 bowls a day is definately too many! When I was a child, we had a smallholding. My mother reliably informs me that it really is possible to have too many strawberries – about 6 bowls a day is definately too many!

]]> By: magic cochin http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/soft-fruit-chickens-and-rose-petals-5987/comment-page-1#comment-64831 magic cochin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:29:10 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5987#comment-64831 Our hens love strawberries and blackberries - not sure if they've tried rose petals? We throw the slug damaged strawberries over the high garden wall to the hens on the other side - I like to picture them like Freddie Flintoff in the outfield waiting to take a catch! My favourite strawberry is of course Cambridge Favourite, but I have to admit the flavour of Gariguette - an early French variety, is amazing! Both available from Ken Muir - an excellent nursery for all sorts of fruit palnts/bushes/trees. Celia x Our hens love strawberries and blackberries – not sure if they’ve tried rose petals?

We throw the slug damaged strawberries over the high garden wall to the hens on the other side – I like to picture them like Freddie Flintoff in the outfield waiting to take a catch!

My favourite strawberry is of course Cambridge Favourite, but I have to admit the flavour of Gariguette – an early French variety, is amazing! Both available from Ken Muir – an excellent nursery for all sorts of fruit palnts/bushes/trees.

Celia
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