Weeping willow alright for goats/sheep?

[chiques chicks]

There are also hypothyroid poplar that grow rather fast. They also regenerate from the base, as do some willows. That may work if you are rotating pastures every couple years.

 

[misfitmorgan]

There are also hypothyroid poplar that grow rather fast. They also regenerate from the base, as do some willows. That may work if you are rotating pastures every couple years.

As we add more pasture, each will have a longer rest. We aim for min 6 inches of growth before rotating and force them to stay on pasture until they have eatten/walked down the root mass as these are all fields that have no seen livestock in 4+yrs.

 

[Baymule]

You could use pallets for fencing the trees off from the goats. Or if not pretty enough, you could use horse wire, 2"x4" and they can't get their heads through it to nibble the bark. Set the wire far enough out from the tree so they can't get to it and can only eat the branches when they grow far enough out for the goats to reach.

Another idea is planting willows, I would use regular native willow, in a row, cut and harvest the branches yourself.

 

[misfitmorgan]

You could use pallets for fencing the trees off from the goats. Or if not pretty enough, you could use horse wire, 2"x4" and they can't get their heads through it to nibble the bark. Set the wire far enough out from the tree so they can't get to it and can only eat the branches when they grow far enough out for the goats to reach.

Another idea is planting willows, I would use regular native willow, in a row, cut and harvest the branches yourself.

i dont mind pallets at al land will probly go with that idea. We have a couple types of native willow as well as autumn olive on the property but they do not grow as fast as weeping willow and since all foliage is within the goats reach they eat them down to nothing but some short twigs extremely quickly. The idea behind the weeping willow is that they will only be able to eat what they can reach there by providing some quick growing shade for them as well. DH also got about 12 pots of king tut grass in trade for some work he did fro a friend of ours and he plans to plant those near the front fence line roughly 3-5ft away which will provide some more shade as well and look nice too. I"m a little concerned though because they can grow as tall as 16ft