I just unpackaged my set of fodder trees from Rare Plant Store. I got white mulberry, lacebark elm, and hybrid willow, i think. Yall can see what Nick sells on his site, along with some great info on fodder trees. rareplantstore.com
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I look forward to getting my fodder trees and deer garden trees. Still an inch or two of snow on the ground here.
Wow, that's still pretty cold. I just put all of mine in a pot for a few days, because we had another storm last night, so the ground is sopping wet.
We planted a lacebark elm at our first home. Pretty tree but messy! You’ll have tons of little babies!
Fodder trees are an under-appreciated asset on homesteads. They allow so many levels of resilience, primarily around the raising of livestock.
You can use them to supplement pasture or feed for goats, sheep, rabbits and cows (maybe alpacas and llamas as well?). They can be fed fresh, dried or fermented, and they can be coppiced (cut at the base) or pollarded (cut above browse level).
Our pastures are very steep, which means it's relatively difficult to develop lush grasses. Along with traditional silvopasture (trees in the pasture) we're experimenting with browse blocks in the pasture so that animals can harvest some of the tree leaves themselves.
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