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Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.

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willowmelangell · 22/05/2019 17:43

Hello fellow piggy lovers.
My boys are a bit sweet corn cobs, but wave a corn leaf and stalk... piggies can fly(across the cage)
I spent a lot of time thinking how can I get lots of leaves but maybe not the fruit(cob). So I decided to do the opposite of the advice for planting/harvesting corn cobs.
I thickly sowed corn in a home growing bag. Covered in organic compost. Watered. And waited. 7 days later sprouting tender leaves.
Thinned out weekly until fully grown stalks, with cobs!

Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.
Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.
Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.
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willowmelangell · 22/05/2019 18:01

Duvet and corn leaves.

Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.
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FamilyOfAliens · 22/05/2019 18:06

What an amazing idea! I will definitely try this with my two.

willowmelangell · 22/05/2019 18:20

Duvet loves his corn leaves.

Thrifty fresh treat for your piggies. Home sown popping corn.
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PineappleTart · 22/05/2019 18:29

My garden became awash with dandelion because my pigs loved them, they grow quickly and require no gardening skill. I still have the dandelions but the pigs have passed on.

FamilyOfAliens · 24/05/2019 08:23

Omg OP, Duvet is adorable!

willowmelangell · 26/05/2019 09:40

Thank you FamilyOfAliens!

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