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[Rob Halgren <halgren@msu.edu>]

Well, my neighbor's 15 horses discovered that the electric fence was 
grounded out the other day, and mowed a fair amount of my yard. 
Normally I wouldn't have a problem with that, but they did take a few 
apricots and peaches down to the ground.   Interestingly, they very 
carefully left the currants (red and black) intact.  Did a better job of 
mowing around them than I do...  Maybe they thought 'currants' were 
'currents', and stayed away.

So, is this phenomenon repeatable?  I'd like to plant some low growing 
plants along the horse fence, but horses are worse than deer. 
Especially when the grass in the pasture is in short supply.  The 
currants would be a perfect solution.

If it is a perfect solution, where is a good place to purchase some 
newer, improved varieties of currants that would hold up to a central 
michigan winter?  In batches of 25 - 50, perhaps.

Thanks

Rob
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Robert G. Halgren, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Specialist
GTSF - Michigan State University
http://genomics.msu.edu
(517) 353-7236    -   halgren@msu.edu