Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[jeff <linuxasm@gmail.com>]

On 11/18/2012 04:55 PM, Harvey Ussery wrote:

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"Use sheep to mow your orchard (unlike goats, they won't chew off the bark), then follow with chickens to clean up dropped fruit and any parasites in the sheep manure."

I've found most European sheep will leave bark alone if they have grass or have never experienced bark eating. Shetland sheep love bark. Finn sheep can be bark eaters. I don't think there are any simple answers to this question. Generally, sheep will go for the grass first and are better than goats or other browsing animals.

All the best, Jeff Owens, Oregon Zone 7-8