There is nothing in the FAQ on sheep, plenty on Cats, but Cats don't
eat your garden up. Are there any other suggestions out there on how a
gardener may keep his plants safe from sheep ?.

First of all, where are they coming from.? If their owner is not preventing
them from escaping, he/she might like to ment their fences.

If you happen to live on or adjacent to common land and have to live with
the sheep, the only sensible way of constraining them is with stock fencing.
If you want to know more about such fencing, try
http://www.bekaert.com/twil/agricult...lock_broch.htm and ask
for the free brochure. It tells you all you will need to know (and a lot
more). If you do not like the look of such a fence, you could always hide it
with a hedge.

again, which plants do they dislike (or like)

They prefer grass but will try most plants once.

how high can they jump

This depends on the breed. Some of the mountain breeds are quite athletic
while lowland breeds prefer to eat their way through obstructions such as
hedges.

any other suggestions, barbed wire fences, machine guns ?

Stop growing flowers, keep to grass and enjoy the company of the sheep. They
will keep your grass nice and short and you will not need any artificial
fertilisers. :-)


Howard Neil