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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw AT chilitech.net>]

From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com>
> BTW, our weeds don't follow the same pattern in the >west either.  Most
of them sprout in the fall, and go to >seed in early summer, like mustard,
chickweed, and >countless others.  This is the main reason I suspect that
>garlic mustard won't thrive that well as a weed here.

Sheep will eat a lot of those 'weeds'. Maybe the trick is to have your
main grazing season in the winter. You have mild temperatures and your
rainfall is in the winter; makes sense to graze when stuff is growing.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Cowbridge Farm