Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:

I've recently taken on the management of a somewhat overgrown 1.5 acre
orchard and I'm struggling to keep the thick hill-grass, docks, nettles
and thistles under control. ...

Sheep don't like long grass. Goats would do but they would like low
branches as well.

It's the non-grasses that are the real problem for grazing. I don't
know whether goats and donkeys will eat those, in real life rather
than fiction, but none of sheep, horses or even cattle will. Cattle
would do, if the non-grasses were cut down at least a couple of times
a year, but only then.

Any grazing animals in an orchard will be a disaster, they will browse
as well as graze. Not only will they eat the fruit, they will damage
branches as well.

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Chris Green
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