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
[NAFEX] Currants and Horses,
Rob Halgren, 05/27/2004