Unlike more traditional backyards, we plant specifically for the needs of the tortoises. While they predominantly eat weeds, there are flowers, shrubs and bushes which are all tasty food options as well. Planted in the enclosures are a mix of broad and narrow leaf plantain, corn salad, clover, dandelion, sow thistle, cats ear, violets and a bevy of lettuce mixes.
In the flowerbeds, snapdragon, coneflower, bee balm, hollyhock, rose of sharon, hardy hibiscus and two types of mallow all in bloom and being offered as part of the tortoises diet. It was great forethought to build such tall fences. This little doe and the buck who generally accompanies her have been trying to find a way in since things began blooming! Get out there and get your hands dirty! Plant something pretty that you can also use as tort food. It will make your yard more inviting (to people and wildlife) as well as save some money on buying greens at the market!
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