Look up the more common weeds you have and may already know the names of on www.thetortoisetable.org.uk that will tell you if they are safe or not. Or just look through the database and compare pics with your weeds.
I'll post a picture soon of our beautiful yard of dandelion flowers. Saphire actually ate one of the poof balls stem and all. He likes plantain and wild strawberries too. Everyone else thinks I'm an oddball. Saphire enjoys my difference.I assure you that Joe ate our unfertilised unweeded lawn for his entire time with us ... 47 years.
There is no need to do anything other than mow it to give the weeds a chance to grow. We had dandelions, plantain, clover (a particular favourite), buttercups, ...
Mmmmm............ that sounds good!
My dandies aren't as good as usual this year even though I spread many fluffy seeds about last year.
If the oxalis can be eaten? in small quantities, just dig up that plant when you see it. Eventually, the other wonderful plants you have will take over. There's an ivy that keeps trying to grow in my yard and flowerbeds. My tortoise has plenty of other weeds to eat that aren't listed as kind of toxic. So if I see ivy it's gone.
Adorable. I can't wait for Saphire's first day out.
Your yard will probably look like a yellow sea soon. That's why everyone thinks I'm strange. I think they're beautiful. Our grocery store sells organic dandelion greens for human food now. I could be sitting on a goldmine.
I think my little Russian sniffs everything he eats first. He's a vegan so if it smells anything like a bug, he won't eat it. Nope can't depend on him to do the lawnmowing.
It would be practical to have a list with pictures of all the things to look for and to remove for each region. I think im just gonna have to make one for myself...
Yes I already had this app for a long time but when I found a weird plant it's hard to know what to search. It's a great database but it's more designed for uk people, with the localisation in the UK too. Of course there ain't going to be an app made for Canada for the number of tort keepers here...And I know the plants by their french name way better!! Just now Lyn told me a bunch of plant and I have to go on google translate or image because I have no idea what it is!
Yes I think I'll just do my best to remove all the bad stuff I see...or the unknown stuff...
Yes I already had this app for a long time but when I found a weird plant it's hard to know what to search. It's a great database but it's more designed for uk people, with the localisation in the UK too. Of course there ain't going to be an app made for Canada for the number of tort keepers here...And I know the plants by their french name way better!! Just now Lyn told me a bunch of plant and I have to go on google translate or image because I have no idea what it is!
