They eat all of the trees that we have in our pastures, and prefer those to
the dry pasture grass during the summer. We have redwoods, pines, cedars,
and a variety of shrubs, and they will happily eat leaves, needles and
bark. The only thing they can't bother much are the eucalyptus (we are in
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We have hawthorne trees that the birds seed in our pastures, and the sheep
let them alone. They also do not eat tansy ragwort or thistles, but I wish
they would! We also have tussocks that the sheep ignore.
Eileen Breedlove
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My sheep will not eat Virginia creeper. I grow this climbing vine on
all my fences as a visual barrier.
Carol
At 11:15 PM 6/29/2014, you wrote:
I have a general question for everyone. Do any of you grow any trees
or bushes inside your pastures which the sheep will not and do not like to eat?
They LOVE sage brush. To the dismay of those that think the Sage Grouse
are soon to be endangered.
Steve
On 6/30/2014 5:27 PM, Eileen Breedlove wrote:
We have hawthorne trees that the birds seed in our pastures, and the sheep
let them alone. They also do not eat tansy ragwort or thistles,
