On 8/29/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Are those buttercups? > > > I've heard them called that, along with a bunch of other things. > So...please, list, don't think I'm recommending them as pasture grasses > because I'm not!
Sorry, I wasn't pointing fingers. We are pretty lucky here--we have decent pasture, only a few milkweed, no locoweed in our pasture. We are plagued w/ bindweed, which one vet said has a lot of adrenalin compounds in it and can be dangerous for horses to ingest. But in the quantities that they're eating it, it doesn't appear to have hurt them. I sprayed my pasture one time, a few years ago--that helped a lot. We hand-pull things like thistle and milkweed. Flixweed is another one we have, altho not so much in our pasture--that weed we cut down. I've found a lot of flixweed in crappier quality hay, altho it's safe to eat. Ah well...everyone's pasture has its own plagues. I actually like buttercups, and kinda wish we had them here, altho not in the pasture, as I've heard they are toxic. But they sure are pretty, esp. w/ a good-looking horse laying in them! :) Robyn S
