Fauna – Rough Canyon Ranch

Weeds and Edibles

This has been a crazy few weeks of scrambling between renovations and garden works. The renovations have mostly been done by myself to establish our friend and primary support staff. The plumbing and electrical is in and the finishing is sufficient for her to start settling into her new home. There was also a wholeContinue reading “Weeds and Edibles”

Hoary Alyssum

Hoary Alyssum has been the bane of Alli’s existence as it is an invasion, prolific plant that is poisonous to horses. We had imagined a large property where we can freely, and inexpensively graze our horses. This was not the case. The poison weeds kept the horses in their paddock and left us hand weedingContinue reading “Hoary Alyssum”

Lamb’s Quarter

Lambs Quarter has been part of our war against weeds for over 4 years but I am now rethinking our attack on this plant. It’s considered a nutritious edible we have not yet tried. The biggest problem is that It grows so profusely, it smothers other crops

Red Root Amaranth

Red root amaranth grows abundantly on our property. They can be as tall as 5 feet and smother other crops. It has been war for over 4 years with red root amaranth, lambs quarter and hoary alyssum.

Creambush

AKA Ocean Spray, Ironwood, Oceanspray A species of Oceansprays (Holodiscus Discolor) USDA factsheet found June 20th 2023 indicate it is “browsed by cattle, deer, elk, snowshoe hares and dusky-footed wood rats but not moose. As a commonunderstory species, oceanspray provides cover fornumerous birds and small mammals and alsotreefrogs. Seeds were eaten by Native Americanswho alsoContinue reading “Creambush”

Sweet Clover, white & yellow

(white sweetclover, Melilots species) AKA: bokhara clover, white melilot, honey clover Toxicity: Melilotus spp (sweet clover) During the process of spoiling, the coumarins in sweet clover are converted to toxic dicumarol, a potent vitamin K antagonist and anticoagulant. Any method of hay storage that allows molding of sweet clover promotes the likelihood of formation of dicumarolContinue reading “Sweet Clover, white & yellow”