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Garden Veggies

AutumnThePig

AutumnThePig

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I planted some fresh veggies in the garden today, just for the piggies! I have: Cilantro, Red Pepper, two Cucumbers and three Tomato plants. The Tomato is not only for the piggies (to be fed occasionally). Humans like Tomatoes, too!

What do you plant in your garden for piggies?
 

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I'm not very adventurous (or green fingered) I have dandelions which seem to grow in abundance in my garden! I'll have to start growing some from seed for when I move in (hopefully) around 8 weeks (though realisically 10 weeks) as there are no weeds in the garden where we are going as they wouldn't dare to raise their ugly heads above ground! :lol!:
 
piggieminder said:
I have beetroot, green beans, carrots, dandelion, sow thistle and out door cucumber in the garden. In the greenhouse I have peppers, corriander, basil, cucumber,lettuce, radish and tomatoes.
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I never knew you could feed them radish :hmm:
 
Siikibam said:
Today I started green/red peppers, (regrowing)celery, lettuce, carrots. I should have thought about cucumbers! Hopefully they will all grow 🤷🏾‍♀️
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I heard Carrots are tough to grow and you need some sort of special sand for them. Good luck!
 
Betsy said:
I'm not very adventurous (or green fingered) I have dandelions which seem to grow in abundance in my garden! I'll have to start growing some from seed for when I move in (hopefully) around 8 weeks (though realisically 10 weeks) as there are no weeds in the garden where we are going as they wouldn't dare to raise their ugly heads above ground! :lol!:
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Free Dandelion!
 
🌱🌱I've got a mini corn 🌽, peppers, cucumber 🥒,coriander, mixed leaves 🥬 and salad cress just for the piggies and there's tomatoes, beans and peas that they can share/get the trimmings from, well, that's if the local wildlife 🐌 don't eat them all first :roll:
 
I’ve grown a lot in the past but I’m so busy now that it’s dismal! The chard self seeds every year and takes little to no effort to grow so we still have that. I have a dwarf apple tree for the leaves and eventually twigs for the piggies and strawberry plants for the leaves as well.

I did have a hazel tree but managed to kill it, now I have no idea where to get another! Thinking about getting some bamboo or willow tree too, I’d also love to grow a proper weed garden for them too but I don’t know where to get any of this! :))
 
AutumnThePig said:
I never knew you could feed them radish :hmm:
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Radish like other root vegetables is not good for them and should only be fed as a very rare treat. During the radish season mine get 1 radish thinly sliced between 6 (it really is just a sliver) once a week, only because I love them and there are there. Beetroot and carrot is the same, one very slim slither not more than once a week. Mine are fed a mostly grass and hay diet with a daily slice of sweet pepper, veg is mainly a treat.
 
PigglePuggle said:
I grew this! Its grass and clover and a few dandelions, they are eating it for playpen breakfast today :) I have a few trays of grass and clover growing but this is the best so far!
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I would like to try this with my piggies! Your piggies are gorgeous. I was just wondering, how did you start growing dandelion's and clovers? Where did you find those type of seeds, etc.?
 
Cavy Kung-Fu said:
I’ve grown a lot in the past but I’m so busy now that it’s dismal! The chard self seeds every year and takes little to no effort to grow so we still have that. I have a dwarf apple tree for the leaves and eventually twigs for the piggies and strawberry plants for the leaves as well.

I did have a hazel tree but managed to kill it, now I have no idea where to get another! Thinking about getting some bamboo or willow tree too, I’d also love to grow a proper weed garden for them too but I don’t know where to get any of this! :))
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When in doubt, try Amazon?
 
Reenie said:
I've just planted rocket, spinach and mixed leaves. My neighbour's daughter brings them dandelion, and I also have strawberries - they're not keen on the fruit but they love the leaves and runners.
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Wish you luck with the strawberries, they seem to always die on me. :no:
 
AutumnThePig said:
I would like to try this with my piggies! Your piggies are gorgeous. I was just wondering, how did you start growing dandelion's and clovers? Where did you find those type of seeds, etc.?
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I bought grass seed and clover seed from Amazon, the dandelions just turned up naturally in my grass trays!
 
It was grass seed from thegrasspeople.com bought from Amazon, the piggies say its very tasty, though it did take 3 weeks to start growing once it got going its done very well!
Then it was eaten down to the soil in less than half an hour :) but the eaten trays are regrowing so we'll have some more without replanting!
 
I raid my veggie patches for my piggies all the time (and some is planted especially for them too!) as I find they much prefer fresh stuff!
We do spring greens, lettuce (I've found the slugs aren't so keen on the red varieties), peas, beans, kale, radishes, rocket, tomatoes, cucumber, mint, basil, parsley, coriander and I raid the wildflower meadow for dandelions and plantain too, haha! I've tried carrots (mostly for the greens!) but the slugs eat them as they emerge generally, and peppers I've not managed more than a few tiny ones! But I'm always trying new ways- this year its sheep fleece around the things the slugs love!

The piggies are always happy to help with providing manure to feed it all! :))
 
Have you tried nematodes to keep the slugs away? They are an environmentally friendly way. I use them around my hutch as the slugs seem to like my hutch and a few make it passed the copper tapes around the legs. Also use nematodes on front border and my plants don't get eaten.
 
Betsy said:
Have you tried nematodes to keep the slugs away? They are an environmentally friendly way. I use them around my hutch as the slugs seem to like my hutch and a few make it passed the copper tapes around the legs. Also use nematodes on front border and my plants don't get eaten.
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I have heard of them but not tried yet! I'll have another look into it, thank you! (We get soooo many slugs!)
 
Do you guys put the piggy poops in what you’re growing as manure? My husband suggested it but I’m not sure...
In the past two days I planted cabbage, cucumber, lettuce, coriander, celery, tomatoes and beans. Hope by next week there’ll be something.

I put lettuce in water and one of them is growing leaves through the top! I may put it in soil, though there aren’t any roots to be seen. There’s also a stump of celery sitting in water and that’s also growing leaves and new celery, albeit slowly. And it only has the one root 🤷🏾‍♀️
 
Siikibam said:
Do you guys put the piggy poops in what you’re growing as manure? My husband suggested it but I’m not sure...
In the past two days I planted cabbage, cucumber, lettuce, coriander, celery, tomatoes and beans. Hope by next week there’ll be something.

I put lettuce in water and one of them is growing leaves through the top! I may put it in soil, though there aren’t any roots to be seen. There’s also a stump of celery sitting in water and that’s also growing leaves and new celery, albeit slowly. And it only has the one root 🤷🏾‍♀️
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I have a compost heap where all the poops go and use the compost when ready- but in the winter I put a thick layer of hay/poop from the top (so not composted) onto the empty veg beds and cover with spent soil/compost from my pots (to stop it blowing away!) and by spring its broken down nicely ready for new veg...I'm a lazy, no dig gardener where possible!

I used to put carrot tops on wet paper towels on my window sill when I lived in my old flat to get them to grow new leaves which my boys loved! I also did lots of pea seeds in a tray purely to get the pea shoots for them (they'd regrow a fair few times).
 
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