5 Reasons to Grow Austrian Winter Peas as Cover Crops: Plus BONUS REASON

[@MrBrookcantdance]

Your videos are always helpful and informative. Thank you

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.

[@mikehunt9392]

Mix it with a winter Rye graze it in the early spring

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

We do!

[@mikehunt9392]

@@DowdleFamilyFarms I figured as much y’all are pretty smart about what you do. I love watching your content

[@briankubik5041]

Do you have chickens? Wondering if you free range them on your cover crop, if ao do they like peas?

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

The last year we had chickens we grew Austrian winter peas and grazed them on the peas, but I’m not sure how much feed value they got out of them.

[@thewoodthatcould8161]

So what’s your main cover crop?

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

Its a warm season mix.

[@countryfrau8328]

I'm growing Johnny's spring cover crop mix and the "field peas" are coming on. Looks like yours. How edible are the actual peas for humans? Right now they look like snow peas.

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

Very edible. I often eat them in the field. The thin tips of the plant are the tastiest to me.

[@countryfrau8328]

@@DowdleFamilyFarms They've grown and now are definitely like English peas but they aren't sweet. I like the taste of the tendrils.

[@toddshook1765]

Can the peas be sickle cut and left for mulch? Then maybe seed alfalfa and other cattle forage?

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

Yes, but we are growing them for pigs to graze.

[@Daddyo_farms]

What are your thoughts on feeding sunflower seeds to pigs

[@DowdleFamilyFarms]

Sunflowers are in our warm season cover Crop mix. Some of them produce Seed by the Time we graze them but they don’t get much. Sunflower seeds purchased are expensive and their oil makes the pig fat a bit oily. I don’t want many of them in my pigs’ feed.

[@Daddyo_farms]

@@DowdleFamilyFarms thanks