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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018 edited June 2018

  Bijdezee said:

  we used to stab each other with the ends as kids
  

  
  

  
  

  We used to stick them on the back of each other's jumpers 
  
  The awns of  Meadow Barley can be a particularly bad problem for dogs.  Check your dog's ears, eyes and pads in particular after running around in an area where this grass is growing. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Bijdezee Posts: 1,484

  June 2018

  Yes Dove, I had a poodle, beardie cross and it cost me £70 20 years ago to get the seeds out of his ears. In the end I fashioned a sort of hair net over his ears out of tights.
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018

  I've known grass awns to go up inside the claw sheath and cause awful pain and infections.  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  June 2018

  Thanks for the link Dove - have you used this company?  I would rather have some foxtail/meadow barley growing in my wild flower meadow than some of the grasses that we have at present.
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018

  No sorry GD I've not used them. Just thought it was a good description. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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