Hey guys,
Looking to add a bit of variety to my Beardie's diet with some garden forage.
I've heard they're safe, but has anyone here had any experience with offering the following?
Grape leaves (cissus sp.)
Hibiscus greens (currently offering occasional petals)
Ficus leaves (Danielle)
Lavender (leaves\buds)
A few others I have in abundance are:
Lime leaves
White sage
Gotu kola
Zebrina tradescantia
Has anyone offered these before or have any experience with them?
A few unique to NZ that I'm pretty sure will be safe:
Kakabeak - this one's in the pea family and everything loves to eat them. Looks like pea greens are 'very' good for beardies, so can't see this one being harmful. Looking at the pea greens profile, sounds like it's actually really nutritious.
Kawakawa - a piper - makes a lovely steeped tea with a mildly spicy flavour. Might make a nice salad topping in small amounts. The heavily bug-picked leaves contain the most flavour\oils. It's sold commercially in tea and tonics here - you can even find Kawakawa icecream.
Our little boy is still quite young, but already right into his greens. I haven't gone much more exotic than nasturtium so far and he has yet to discover the joys of the dandelion as he's snubbed all my offerings :/
Will have to scope out the garden to see what other tasty morsels are around - we mostly leave it to its own devices so it tends to reseed itself and all sorts of things pop up from time to time.
Also, has anyone tried spicing their salads? I was surprised to see Grubby Pie lists paprika and tumeric in its ingredients! He immediately fell in love with it first time I offered.
I'd be curious if anyone would consider any of the above as a potential 'staple green' too. For me, this is more about spicing up the regular ole salad bowl and keeping things interesting, but if any of the above is particularly beneficial, it would be good to know.
Looking to add a bit of variety to my Beardie's diet with some garden forage.
I've heard they're safe, but has anyone here had any experience with offering the following?
Grape leaves (cissus sp.)
Hibiscus greens (currently offering occasional petals)
Ficus leaves (Danielle)
Lavender (leaves\buds)
A few others I have in abundance are:
Lime leaves
White sage
Gotu kola
Zebrina tradescantia
Has anyone offered these before or have any experience with them?
A few unique to NZ that I'm pretty sure will be safe:
Kakabeak - this one's in the pea family and everything loves to eat them. Looks like pea greens are 'very' good for beardies, so can't see this one being harmful. Looking at the pea greens profile, sounds like it's actually really nutritious.
Kawakawa - a piper - makes a lovely steeped tea with a mildly spicy flavour. Might make a nice salad topping in small amounts. The heavily bug-picked leaves contain the most flavour\oils. It's sold commercially in tea and tonics here - you can even find Kawakawa icecream.
Our little boy is still quite young, but already right into his greens. I haven't gone much more exotic than nasturtium so far and he has yet to discover the joys of the dandelion as he's snubbed all my offerings :/
Will have to scope out the garden to see what other tasty morsels are around - we mostly leave it to its own devices so it tends to reseed itself and all sorts of things pop up from time to time.
Also, has anyone tried spicing their salads? I was surprised to see Grubby Pie lists paprika and tumeric in its ingredients! He immediately fell in love with it first time I offered.
I'd be curious if anyone would consider any of the above as a potential 'staple green' too. For me, this is more about spicing up the regular ole salad bowl and keeping things interesting, but if any of the above is particularly beneficial, it would be good to know.