Looking for Colorful Trees, Safe for Horse Pasture
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Former Horse Paddock Safe for Veggie Garden?
Comments (5)How big are these paddocks? Are they more like the size of a stall or more like half an acre or more? If they are large enough I would drag a rake only on the surface and let Nature take her course for 6 months to see what's growing and where. Have you considered no-till veggie garden? I think this would be the perfect candidate. I would not worry about compaction at all unless you see a really pugged up field. Does the manure in the barn smell good? If so then it has finished composting and it can be spread anywhere you want more soil biology. If it doesn't smell good now, keep it damp and it will smell good in 6 months to a year. Then you can use it....See MoreSuggestions on trees for pasture
Comments (26)Quirkyquercus, if the leaves are green, then there's no problem. If the leaves are wilted, then they start to create cyanide and/or an antioxident of some sort and become toxic to red blood cells. The dried leaves are no longer toxic after about a month. Mostly horses don't try them, but then there's the nosy horse, or there are a lot of fallen ones mixed with the grass they are grazing, and then there's a problem.... If there is a lot of grass available, then horses will sift out the leaves and eat the grass - horses have remarkable abilities to sort out pieces of whatever from their food - as anyone knows who has looked in a feed tub and found the quarter-inch pill left behind from 2 quarts of sweet feed and bran! You might, if on good terms with your neighbor, suggest that the red maples be cut and removed. There are other trees that are toxic to horses, the next most common one usually being wild cherry, although all members of the prunus family are suspect. Googling for should bring up several lists, both of trees and the other toxic plants, some of which are surprisingly common!...See MoreIs it Safe to be Surrounded by trees so close?
Comments (20)A lot of what I'm about to say has been said before but here's my opinion: If the house has been there several years the trees should be stable.I'd check the closest ones to the house for decay etc. If they do not show any signs of possible failure I personally would leave them. I don't know much about Loblolly Pines but another thing to take into consideration is how wide and how deep the roots commonly get on the species and how strong the wood is. Like Ken said, you are in a grove of trees which protect each other. A few blocks away there's a pine tree so close to a house it's about an inch away from the gutter. The house was built around the tree about 30 or so years ago. It's a really cool looking house. I'm not saying you want a tree that close to your house- that's too close. But I am saying to really put good thought into which trees you'll remove before you remove them. You don't want to remove every tree near the house and then regret it later on. That's just what I'd do. I'm no expert but hiring a certified arborist whould be a great idea. He or she can tell you if the trees are risks or not....See MoreHorse Chestnut seedling with unusual looking leaves
Comments (6)I'll have to see if I can crank up the old camera, might not be until tomorrow though. Before putting it outside it had spent about the first week of its life in an east facing window (as did the older tree) - basically when it went outside it went underneath the same window (as did the other one) so both were receiving sunlight in the morning only. In other words both have had the exact same growing conditions, but the youngest one went outside a little earlier in its life. Having said that, an additional observation - even while the leaves were forming on the youngest one (and while it was still inside) the leaf formation was "odd" and even then they were a pale green, almost yellow. In addition to the above I should have added this to the above message: the "umbrealla" leaf formation is getting tighter and tighter. Also, the leaves are quite firm, so it doesn't appear to be "wilting" as such. The stem is still good and straight too. Not sure if that helps with the diagnosis....See Morekatrina1
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