Your videos are always helpful and informative. Thank you
@DowdleFamilyFarms10 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.
@mikehunt93928 ай бұрын
Mix it with a winter Rye graze it in the early spring
@DowdleFamilyFarms8 ай бұрын
We do!
@mikehunt93928 ай бұрын
@@DowdleFamilyFarms I figured as much y’all are pretty smart about what you do. I love watching your content
@briankubik504111 ай бұрын
Do you have chickens? Wondering if you free range them on your cover crop, if ao do they like peas?
@DowdleFamilyFarms11 ай бұрын
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.
@thewoodthatcould816111 ай бұрын
So what’s your main cover crop?
@DowdleFamilyFarms11 ай бұрын
Its a warm season mix.
@countryfrau8328Ай бұрын
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.
@DowdleFamilyFarmsАй бұрын
Very edible. I often eat them in the field. The thin tips of the plant are the tastiest to me.
@countryfrau8328Ай бұрын
@@DowdleFamilyFarms They've grown and now are definitely like English peas but they aren't sweet. I like the taste of the tendrils.
@toddshook17654 ай бұрын
Can the peas be sickle cut and left for mulch? Then maybe seed alfalfa and other cattle forage?
@DowdleFamilyFarms4 ай бұрын
Yes, but we are growing them for pigs to graze.
@Daddyo_farms11 ай бұрын
What are your thoughts on feeding sunflower seeds to pigs
@DowdleFamilyFarms11 ай бұрын
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.