sunday dinner

hi guys i was just wondering what you all did with the water that you cooked your veg in on a sunday. i cool mine put in the fridge untill monday morning and add it to the pigeons water it has all the vits they need in it, thats another thing my dad did when i was a kid and took on myself theses days seems to do them no harm.

hi mark, yes ive heard of this before but as far as i know never tried it....they say that when you boil veg etc its in the left over water so it could be a good source of iron, vits etc. have read some put greens eg gabbage etc in the loft and have tried it but the birds dont touch it....

never heard this before

DAVID wrote:

hi mark, yes ive heard of this before but as far as i know never tried it....they say that when you boil veg etc its in the left over water so it could be a good source of iron, vits etc. have read some put greens eg gabbage etc in the loft and have tried it but the birds dont touch it....

yeah we tried throwing in some greens but like you say they wont touch it thats why my dad and i now add the water from our bioled veg once a week do them good.

fresh lettuce and cabbage is good for your stock as they dont get out so they cant get anything from the garden

yeah ian thats the reason for the boiled veg water got all the same vits in as david said if they wont touch the greens you put in they will get it in the water as they got to drink

have seen some fanciers hang cabbage/colli etc from the roof in the loft, maybe it takes time for them to get used to it but ive tried it and no chance....they wont even go near it.

have you tried lettuce or chick weed out of the garden

no ian, not chickweed......ive heard of fanciers putting a rusty nail in the drinker for iron. plus when i was a kid there was a family near me who collected nettles from the fields and made nettle tea with them...these are thought to have good iron content arnt they and possibly other things too...

Mine go mad for lettace leaves
Ken

ken, do you hang them up or how do you give it to them ?

Just give it to them its gone in seconds
Ken

how tho ? in the boxes, on the floor etc........

Just on the floor its not there long lol
Ken

ah right, thanks ken.........is this how you give it to ian ?

david yes chickweed try it they love it just throw a handful on the floor

what is it ian, never tried it........

its a weed that grows in the garden ask any gardener they will show it to you, we used to give to our rabbits when i was young a long time ago

what, dandilions.....

no not dandylions david

what are they then ian, what they look like.....

http://www.altnature.com/gallery/chickweed.htm

Hope that helps David.


Ian i didnt know you were into power

Next you'll be singing RING A RING A ROSES, A POCKET FULL OF POSES A-TISSUE A-TISSUE WE ALL FALL DOWN

we use to give our pigeons chickweed when was a lad back home in Norwich but starnge as it may seem i not seen any chickweed since i lived here in North yorkshire

thanks amanda, seen the piture but have never seen any round where i live.......

so you know what it is now david