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meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is
dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from
marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request
to all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions
that goats will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort
of dappled shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes
cottage gardens and already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks
Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.
Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence,
electric or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything.
Anyone keeping goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat
or mind. Goats go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother
will become quite smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are
quite tricky. This is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a
goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and
is ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is
probably in the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its
too late... (GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.
She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down on
that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the vegie
garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a 'flower
garden' out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of rocks,
some dead leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the rosemary.I
might just suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have a chat to her
about natives too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the bush around her
house that they won't touch, so I think she should try getting her hands
on those.
Where/what place exactly is she?
SE Qld, Granite Belt area. So the soil is basically very fine granite. I'm
not sure about local native nurseries but last I recall there weren't many
for some reason, or they were miles out of town.
It seems the goats are in the wrong area. Theres nothing to eat except
you Mum's garden! (grin!) I reckon she may be in a sparsely populated
and vegetated area. Possibly alkaline soil. suggest getting onto this
site for help
http://www.check-in.com.au/Brisbane/...ns_Nursery.htm
http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL2006/aug06-1.html
As to whats goat resistant, what a question to ask.
Try tin cans? As suggested previously. electrify the garden. Which
reminds me
I once wired a tree with Christmas tree lights, full 240 volts to the
trunk one nice wet day, no trouble with goats, but the tree died.
Shocking.....