Post by merkwurdigliebe on Feb 4, 2008 15:16:22 GMT -8
Hey everyone, there seems to be quite a few iguana feeding experts here, so I thought I'd put the question up here...
I'm thinking about starting an iguana garden (I have a veggie garden for myself, it doesn't produce much, but it gives me something to do and saves me a little green at the supermarket) and I was trying to come up with some ideas for what should go in there. I live in central Florida (Tampa Bay area), so I have a nearly year-round growing season with few limitations as far as sunlight and climate on what I can grow.
I've already settled on some of the obvious choices- collard, mustard, dandelion and alfalfa will grow year round without too much work on my part. Once the garden is up and running, I expect it will provide 75% of my ig's greens (I'll use organically grown supermarket greens for the other 25% just to give him some taste and nutritional variety).
Now, I've also decided to try putting in a few short rows of green beans, sweet peppers and turnip, since these can be nursed most of the year to produce. They'll probably end up getting eaten by myself most of the time, but I'll surely offer some to the ig as well.
The point of it is to be able to go outside and select some nice leaves off the plants, pick them fresh off the plant and offer them to the ig for his salads. The rest of the veggies will probably be of the store-bought variety, but since I don't want to be outside working on a massive garden all the time, I figure that's acceptable.
Are there any greens/veggies I'm missing that are "must-have"s? That is, anything I could put in there but might have overlooked? Mostly this will be a low maintenance way to provide a good balance of greens without having to shop around for them. After all, considering his diet is about 60% greens, I think having a small garden on hand would be a good way to save myself a few trips to the store, a few bucks a week and the hassle of tracking down and sweet-talking produce managers into selling me the desired amounts.
So, any other seeds I should think about ordering?
I'm thinking about starting an iguana garden (I have a veggie garden for myself, it doesn't produce much, but it gives me something to do and saves me a little green at the supermarket) and I was trying to come up with some ideas for what should go in there. I live in central Florida (Tampa Bay area), so I have a nearly year-round growing season with few limitations as far as sunlight and climate on what I can grow.
I've already settled on some of the obvious choices- collard, mustard, dandelion and alfalfa will grow year round without too much work on my part. Once the garden is up and running, I expect it will provide 75% of my ig's greens (I'll use organically grown supermarket greens for the other 25% just to give him some taste and nutritional variety).
Now, I've also decided to try putting in a few short rows of green beans, sweet peppers and turnip, since these can be nursed most of the year to produce. They'll probably end up getting eaten by myself most of the time, but I'll surely offer some to the ig as well.
The point of it is to be able to go outside and select some nice leaves off the plants, pick them fresh off the plant and offer them to the ig for his salads. The rest of the veggies will probably be of the store-bought variety, but since I don't want to be outside working on a massive garden all the time, I figure that's acceptable.
Are there any greens/veggies I'm missing that are "must-have"s? That is, anything I could put in there but might have overlooked? Mostly this will be a low maintenance way to provide a good balance of greens without having to shop around for them. After all, considering his diet is about 60% greens, I think having a small garden on hand would be a good way to save myself a few trips to the store, a few bucks a week and the hassle of tracking down and sweet-talking produce managers into selling me the desired amounts.
So, any other seeds I should think about ordering?
