Re: Goat-proof plants?
- Subject: Re: Goat-proof plants?
- From: W* G*
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:08:52 -0400
On 8/27/01 3:23 PM david feix (davidfeix@yahoo.com) wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone knows whether Agave and
>Aloes are generally left alone by goats and sheep?
>The deer here in California tend to leave these alone,
>but rabbits can be a problem with some varieties.
No rabbits here except in hutches and no deer at all. The goats and
sheeps view the roadside agaves - A. americana and A. angustifolia - as
too formidable to tangle with and some plant the latter as hedges to keep
stray animals out of their yards.
Aloe barbadensis (A. vera) appears to be too resinous or viscous for
their liking.
William Glover
Nevis, West Indies
