Turnips!

I grow a few turnips as a veggie supplement for our dogs.

They've gone mad this year, I've just thinned out the line and pulled out the largest ones, out of the seven I pulled, six weighed in at over 1lb (the other was a tad over 15oz).

I'm trying to grow monster onions, specially prepared beds, lots of cossetting etc but am starting to wonder if I should concentrate on Turnips instead? I just sowed the seed directly into an unprepared bed and "hey presto" :D I've calculated that just 3 Turnips have more than covered the cost of the seed going by supermarket prices and this is the 2nd years sowing, last year was ok but nothing like this year. I still have loads of seed left too for next year.

Just a pity none of us humans like turnips! :(

Onions are doing quite well though LOL

 

I love grated turnips in salads, but dog also likes:

Apple cores/peel
Pear cores/peel
Peas (shelled)
Carrots (or carrot peelings)
Courgettes (but not yellow ones!)
Cucumbers
White cabbage leaves/stems/stump
Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Broccolli/stumps
Blackberries
Plums
Sloes
Cherries
Hawthornberries
Hazelnuts

 

Brocolli not good for dogs! the rest ok Plus...

T.V remote controls,
Dishcloths,
Your Best Trainers!
Any important mail,
your lovely steak you were going to have for dinner!
Socks,
Pants,
Knickers,

The list goes on.

Our dogs eat most veg and fruit mixed in with their raw meat and bone, We've 12 dogs, we need to grow a lot of fruit and veg :D

 

Now Vince, are these turnips or swedes, let`s have a pic or two please.:D:D

 

She can't eat bones due to previous stomach injuries from them, so now goes for clothes pegs and any other totally inappropriate object in order to exchange it for a small biscuit/treat.

At least she doesn't eat rabbit/sheep poo like her brother or whole cauliflowers and get dreadful wind.

 

Sorry about the delay, definitely Turnips Dai, wish they were my swedes!

I'll try and get a few piccies for you all, They are Veitch's summink or another, always done good but as I say, this year gone absolutely mad! :D

 

What dog do you have Scrungee? We have Dalmatians, Utonagans and a Border Collie who all thrive on raw feeding, raw bone too, cooked bone is a total NO-NO, it splinters and can cause severe injury as you probably well know!

 

Not this border collie cross (mainly x spaniel) who's been banned by the vet from eating any more bones since she needed an op to remove bits of the last one.