On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:45:06 Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article , Chris Green wrote:
In article ,

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.

That's not so. All you have to do is to ensure that the branches are
higher than the browsing height or the tree is protected to that height.
Yes, the animals will prune the trees to keep it that way, but that's
not a big deal. Goats might be a problem, as they will also eat bark,
but cattle, sheep, horses and their related species aren't.

Sheep do eat bark as I know to my cost. (No, it wasn't rabbits or
voles!)

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK