Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["McBride & Putnam" <dragonhill2@netzero.net>]

I started a hedge of Osage Orange seedlings about 5 years ago, nearly lost 
it to browsing by my stock because I did not protect the seedlings well 
enough.  Then I ran a second strand of electric wire to enclose them so 
everything, especially the goats, wouldn't be browsing on them and they are 
making good headway now.  Soon I plan to attempt to cut a lay them in the 
manner of an English hedge.

Claudia



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Ussery" <boxwood@nelsoncable.com>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: [Livingontheland] Deterring browsers with thorny living fences 
(wasRe: More on jujube)


> >
> > I've been following this thread and was hoping that this site might help
> > someone choose the right plantings to keep deer out.  ~Mitch
>
> According to Musser Forests catalog, hawthorns are proof against deer
> (because of their thorns). Other thorny species one might use to deter
> browsers: pyracantha, holly, rugosa rose, brambles, prickly ash, black
> locust, honey locust. For those in closer to desert conditions:
> organ-pipe cactus (and other cacti).
>
> But of course this is all theoretical for me--I haven't made a
> deer-proof living barrier to deer. But I'm leaning in that direction.
> Big project, big gamble. Would love to see thoughts from others.
>
> ~Harvey
>
>
> --
> Harvey in northern Va
> www.themodernhomestead.us
>
> I truly believe that as long as we have not found peace with the soil, we 
> won't find peace above the ground. That as long as we justify the 
> exploitation of any organism, other exploitations will follow and we will 
> remain parasites, consuming more than participating, and spiralling into 
> entropy until we commit mass suicide.  ~Emilia Hazelip
>
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