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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Livestock in Orchards-Many orchards in neglected state, aerial study finds
  • Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 09:49:39 -0500

Turkey Ridge uses hogs then follows with chickens & then burros. Branches
in their orchard seem to be at pretty typical heights ....

~mIEKAL

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

> Yes, somewhere along I read that branches started at 5 feet. If you have
> livestock you know why. Branches below that would get pruned for lunch.
> Our
> dwarf and semi dwarfs.. I do not know if they were the reason for moving
> the
> livestock or resulted as from having done so.
>
> Naomi
>
> "I am a solipsistic conspiracy theorist. I am sure I am up to something,
> and I will not stop until I find out what."
>
>
> http://xkcd.com/842/ Jan 3, 2011
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:46 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: [NAFEX] Many orchards in neglected state, aerial study finds
>
> (I didn't realize that grazing animals in the orchard was a traditional way
> to maintain the orchard floor. Makes sense. Turkey Ridge Organic Orchard
> has a lot of success doing that in our area. ~mIEKAL)
>
>




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