Re: Sheep, and grass, and organic fertilizers
- Subject: Re: Sheep, and grass, and organic fertilizers
- From: A*
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 03:52:35 -0500
This does happen. Sometimes they won't eat certain plants or it's where
they've walked or too many "beans" there--who knows. I guess if it's too
close it would bother me--(I live not too far from you, in Harvard.) It
also makes a difference if the ratio of sheep to grass changes--they're
pretty picky if there's a lot of grass. Not a perfect system I guess.
----- Original Message -----
From: Denise Leonard <dal@equinox.shaysnet.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: Sheep, and grass, and organic fertilizers
> I graze my sheep on my lawn and find I have to mow over the spots that the
> sheep decided they didn't want to eat for some reason. They do leave the
> grass pretty uneven, overgrazing some areas and not grazing others enough.
>
>
> Denise Leonard
> Tanstaafl Farm
> Greenfield, MA
> dal@shaysnet.com
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, AWarner wrote:
>
> > Definitely not enough space, and it's true about goats too, they will
eat
> > most anything before they'll trim the grass, though they will eat that
if
> > there's nothing else. Sheep are really only going to work for large
areas
> > of grass. Goats spend their life looking for a way to get out of any
> > enclosure but I've found they do respect an electric fence--never tried
an
> > underground one. Maybe someone will come up with teeny tiny sheep to
take
> > care of small yards, about rabbit sized. (Grin) I do have some sheep
and
> > love the way they keep the grass trimmed---Judy Warner
> > With all these animals, you need more than one--they are all
herd
> > animals and aren't happy along.
> >
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