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What flowers do cows *not* eat?

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Carol Knapp

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Jul 6, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/6/95
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This is the 3rd year the neighbor cow ate much of my flowerbed! The fence
between our properties just isn't strong enough.

I would like to call a truce between me & my neighbors by planting
flowers there that the cow won't like. So far, the only thing he
hasn't munched is my ornamental tansy.

(Although since I've noticed bachelor buttons & california poppies blooming
now in the far reaches of the cow field, I guess I don't mind him
munching those so much!)

Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially for flowers that
can withstand a little drought.

Carol


Ernest MacGillivray

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Jul 9, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/9/95
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Leslie Paul Davies

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Jul 10, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/10/95
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"Cow-bane" / "Water Hemlock" and many members of the Cicuta genus...
[c. douglasii, c. maculata, c. virosa etc.]

--
Paul W2SYF/4 Ft Lauderdale
"Heisenberg may have slept here... Pauli didn't."
Leslie Paul Davies
lpda...@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us


LnThomson

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Jul 10, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/10/95
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Most of the Texas wild flowers - bluebonnets for sure. The ranchers
around here exterminate the wildflowers because the cattle don't eat them
(at least some of them do).


Lynn, San Antonio, Zone 8/9

John Woodworth

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Jul 10, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/10/95
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lnth...@aol.com (LnThomson) wrote:
>Most of the Texas wild flowers - bluebonnets for sure. The ranchers
>around here exterminate the wildflowers because the cattle don't eat them
>(at least some of them do).


They don't seem to like thistle or milkweed, either. At least that's all that's left
in the pastures around here. There are ornamental versions of these plants. And
they're perennial to boot.
--

John


"The aristocracy of intellect admits nothing of democracy"

-- Robertson Davies

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