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- From: "Johanna Huss Dowd" <johanna_dowd@earthlink.net>
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [permaculture] Goat browse
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 12:57:46 -0400
Thanks Ute,
I was thinking of fencing in a particularly bad area and let them loose in
there. Nothing else but rose and honeysuckle grows there right now.
Gruesse
Johanna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Ute Bohnsack
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:11 AM
> To: permaculture
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Goat browse
>
>
> Hi again, Johanna,
> I don't know about the honeysuckle (my guess is they will eat them) but
> Rosa species: yes. With gusto.
> But I wouldn't let goats loose in a woodland. They'd browse and possibly
> kill other woody plants too.
> I never let the goats get to the woody plants but cut and throw stuff
> into their paddocks, then gather the remaining sticks up for use as
> markers, poles, kindling etc.
> They are great at taking the bark of willow sticks/poles which means I
> can then use them without the danger of having them resprout once they
> are in the ground.
>
> Slán,
> Ute
>
> Johanna Huss Dowd wrote:
> >
> > Question for goat keepers: do goats browse on Multiflora Rose
> and Tartarian
> > Honeysuckle?
> > These two species are threatening to overrun my woods.
> >
> > Johanna in NJ
> >
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RE: [permaculture] Goat browse,
Johanna Huss Dowd, 04/20/2003
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