Re: Goat-proof plants?
- Subject: Re: Goat-proof plants?
- From: W* G*
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:20:59 -0400
On 8/26/01 3:49 AM suna dokur (citygardens_tr@hotmail.com) wrote:
>I'm planning to plant some flowers, shrubs, trees and herbs in our village
>streets on the island of Imroz (Gokceada) which is in the northern Aegean.
>Unfortunately, the village is hardly populated except for a couple of months
>in the summer and there are lots of goats and sheep roaming around in the
>streets eating most everything green in sight. One thing they don't touch
>for sure are the lovely Oleander bushes.
>
>Anybody have suggestions for other plants?
West Indian goats and sheep have an appetite for everything green save
oleander, allamanda, and spiny cacti and euphorbia.
Young trees can be protected with wire barriers until the foliage is
beyond the reach of the beasts.
William Glover
Nevis, West Indies
