Lyle wrote in
:

Hello Lee, thank you for posting; much appreciated. I have
discounted stock fencing for a few reason: many of the
trees are going to need some sort of painting/covering
already as the bark has been removed and they are now
vulnerable to infection and dehydration. There is no need
for the use of any toxic chemicals and interestingly on a
US forum a respondent has suggested latex then covered in
course sand.

well, painting tree wounds tends to cause more problems than
it resolves, but painting the *undamaged* trees with latex
paint & sand (you can mix the sand into latex paint & save a
step) might discorage the browsers.
how badly debarked are the browsed trees? if it's over 50% of
the trunk you really do need to stock fence those trees off to
give them any chance of survival (i'm guessing these are
apples, which are pretty stubborn about dying & not pears or
peaches, which get all huffy & die if they get any bark
damage)

It is a small flock, circa 100 and the
acreage, circa 40, and quality of pasture is more than
adequate. I could break the flock up but I am reluctant to
do this as these animals are all 'rescues' from over the
years and have become family pets!

ah! i see. are the browsers from any particular group of
rescues perhaps? they may have been kept on such poor pasture
they took up browsing for survival?
i have llamas & goats currently, both of which are browsers,
so i have some experience with my trees being eaten & the
stock fence is the one thing that really does work without too
much mucking about or oversight.
lee
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