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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 21:52:51 +0100
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 14:05:13 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> I would imagine that plenty of herbs and stuff gets consumed together
>> with the grass. I don't think they are too picky about their greens.
>
> They can be. Leafy spurge is an invasive species and the land managers
> decided sheep grazing on the hillsides would be more ecologically friendly
> than herbicides. It was all very bucolic and even included a traditional
> sheep wagon. The sheep ate everything except leafy spurge. The area where
> they were penned for the night was eaten down to mineral soil and still
> hasn't recovered after 10 years.
>
> After the photo ops the sheep were removed and Tordon herbicide was
> applied. I don't know why but the sheep farmer switched to goats.
>

Fascinating! Had no idea they were picky eaters! Maybe the goats were less 
picky?