tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post5286295153885050444..comments2024-01-03T17:26:32.872-08:00Comments on Our Subsistence Pattern: The Good WeedsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-864067871082595862010-09-30T17:25:39.534-07:002010-09-30T17:25:39.534-07:00Hi Wendy - I would think that if the cats are goin...Hi Wendy - I would think that if the cats are going to try and go after your chicks it will be because they hear them or smell them and that the cat mint would not make any difference. We have catmint growing in huge clumps everywhere and have never had a problem with it attracting cats, normally they seem to get excited about the catmint after it has been crushed and pretty much ignore it otherwise. <br /><br />But yes, I think you will have to be very careful with the ducks until they are fully grown.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-71635630619550665452010-09-30T16:33:53.488-07:002010-09-30T16:33:53.488-07:00I love the scent of catmint, it's a valuable h...I love the scent of catmint, it's a valuable herb that I have used. Wondering about the idea of catmint being planted on your property & attracting cats when you have chicks? How far away does the catmint need to be from the chicks? We want to get ducks, and I realized that a cat used to come and sleep in my catmint, so wondering if we put this in our front yard of a .26 acre house, is that far enough away if the ducks will be in back?Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-65188771544509705572009-04-12T06:12:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:12:00.000-07:00Ruralrose,Thank you so very much for the complimen...Ruralrose,<BR/><BR/>Thank you so very much for the compliment and for the above planting information. <BR/><BR/>MikeMr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-7279049585809538042009-04-11T11:25:00.000-07:002009-04-11T11:25:00.000-07:00This is a most excellent blog - your writing is so...This is a most excellent blog - your writing is so personable and your garden so enviable - i enjoyed my visit very much, thanks - peace for allRuth Trowbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-76442167616319323412009-04-05T07:30:00.000-07:002009-04-05T07:30:00.000-07:00Hello LeighChickweed really is invasive, but we ar...Hello Leigh<BR/><BR/>Chickweed really is invasive, but we are fortunate in that it can also be used as nutritious free chicken feed. Before we had chickens I would chop it up and add it by the bucket full to our mulch pile along with other weeds...before it went to seed of course. <BR/><BR/>Apparently you can have many generations of chickweed in a years time, so that is why they seem to seed so readily I suppose.<BR/><BR/>I like your idea of hanging catnip around the berry bushes. It also reportedly repels rodents, I may have to try it out on the many voles that haunt my garden from below.<BR/><BR/>MikeMr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-89575638418267416452009-04-05T05:32:00.000-07:002009-04-05T05:32:00.000-07:00Nice weed portraits! I have a love/hate relationsh...Nice weed portraits! I have a love/hate relationship with chickweed. We have a lot of it, more than we can eat, so I spend a lot of time ripping it out or burning it... I am in awe of how quickly it is able to set seed. <BR/>Another pest control use for catnip - I keep a good clump of it by our blueberry bushes to make an inviting cat hangout to deter birds when the berries are ripe.Leighhttp://www.theextremegardener.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-12976215691955082942009-04-04T19:44:00.000-07:002009-04-04T19:44:00.000-07:00Hi Susy,I wish garlic mustard would take over in t...Hi Susy,<BR/><BR/>I wish garlic mustard would take over in the back of my property...sounds like a great salad addition. I will have to see if can get some growing in our area, I just looked it up in Wikipedia and it sounds most interesting. <BR/><BR/>You probably have chickweed growing in your yard somewhere as it thrives all over the planet in various forms. Catmint is a fairly common herb and can usually be picked up anywhere plants or seeds are sold, terrible tasting but but it does have many other qualities.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...garlic mustard,<BR/><BR/>MikeMr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-7159974857359263062009-04-04T06:05:00.000-07:002009-04-04T06:05:00.000-07:00We have garlic mustard that has overtaken part of ...We have garlic mustard that has overtaken part of the back of our property. We have been eating it mixed with our lettuce & other greens every day. It's got such a lovely spicy bite. I'll have to look up these other wild greens, I'm not very familiar with them.Chiot's Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086153621579437021noreply@blogger.com