BOSS too expensive? Grow your OWN!

I took a handful of BOSS and threw it out into an area of our garden to grow with the Amaranth. When the seed heads showed up, I bought some cheap netting from the fabric shop in town and covered the heads with that (after the bees did their thing with the seedheads). This worked great!

If hanging from rafters, simply get some wide "flashing" (a thin type of tin), cut a small hole in middle and place it on the string on top of what you're drying. If mice attempt to get to the goodies, they slip on the flashing and fall to the ground.

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Silverseeds,

Read this thread. These gals really break it down.
Boss?

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“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as a sorry state as the souls who live under tyranny." ~ Thomas Jefferson.

Thanks for posting that. I looked it up a few times and wasnt finding all of the nutritional reasons for its usefulness to goats. (not that I spent a bunch of time on it)

Now that I know, yes pumpkin seeds are a good source of all the major things listed in addition to helping with worm loads. (again not trying to derail the thread, just talking alternative things to grow)

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Just pumpkin seeds or squash in general? My chickens love pumpkin seeds. I had some extras this year. I cut them in half and the hens go crazy. Not too found of the pumpkin itself though.

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“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as a sorry state as the souls who live under tyranny." ~ Thomas Jefferson.

Any squash seeds would be a good addition. Pumpkins are simply a specific shape of squash that ranges more then one species.

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I have a high desert arid mountainous climate. Working towards self sufficiency. The potentials of plant breeding and building micro climates amaze me. We must learn to ride the wave.