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Help needed identifying plants....
  • Hi! I'm new, have a BUNCH of questions, and figured I would start here.  I know - take all info from the 'net with a grains of salt....that's the plan....but onward to the questions!

    We are located in TEXAS :)   Specifically Montgomery County, not too far north of Houston.  We are bringing our three horses home to live after years of boarding, and while things are neither ideal nor perfect here at the moment, I know I can and have to make this work (the place they are at is wonderful, but they are moving out of state soon, and after a long search to find the 'perfect barn' years ago, I cannot do that again, especially since now I have a place for them at home - I'm a paranoid flyod at heart).

    I NEED HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT, IF ANY, PLANTS HERE AT THE HOUSE ARE POISON! AHH!  I am no master gardener - I'm doing good to keep one hibiscus plant alive, and even better to know what a hibiscus is.  I've googled it, tried to sift through the info, and finally given up.  Can someone point me to the "For Dummies" way to figure this out? My husband is no help, he has all kinds of valuable info when it comes to other things, and is a better rider than me, but this stuff...once again clueless! SOMEONE GIVE ME A CLUE! PLEASE!


    ETA:  IF it helps (may not) the neighbors had their goats/sheep out there for a few months this summer specifically to eat the brush down - they asked, I agreed to share, it's not much better than it was.  Is there stuff goats can eat that horses can't? No goats got sick or died to my knowledge...thought that would be valuable info...
  • I'm really trying not to focus on figuring your name out here!!!  [':D']  Plus it makes me hungry!!! (I love pancakes)

    How long before you bring them home? 
    Are you fairly green there or dry, deserty?  Cuz I thought about burning but that may not be possible.  But this is THE time of year to work the pasture for winter - something I've GOT to get going on!!!  
    How much pasture do you have?  (I have very little...just a few acres.)
    I think I'd look to your local Ag people for tips on local pasture.

    WELCOME!!!!!   (by the way [':D']
  • OOOH!  This looks cool!!! http://forages.tamu.edu/workshop.html

    That link/site has a lot of good info.  Including a noxious week alert, which I will now go look around for.
  • I think Cornell University puts out a flier on toxic/noxious weeds.  I don't know if they are NYS specific or nationwide.  A good place to start would be with a college near you (same area, hopefully) that has an ag, or even better, vet program and ask them.  These people are usually nice and more than happy to share their knowledge.

    Good luck and WELCOME.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_poisonous_to_equines
     
    Hibiscus is OK but lantana, sweet pea, jesamine vine to name a few are not good landscaping for horses.
     
    Goodluck!