[Jacob-list] Hedgerows

[Neal Grose]

We have Cherokee Rose that I planted and it is amazing! It’s evergreen here and has almost covered a medium size tree. It doesn’t seem as invasive (capable of seed reproduction) as the multiflora rose, and would make great erosion control on a difficult area. Thorns are like barbed wire!

The trick is that most of the species that would make a good hedge are going to be invasive. I would recommend using a low woven wire fence on the sheep side, and leave access on the neighbor’s side for a bush hog.

Neal

From: Linda 
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:43 PM
To: Neal Grose 
Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Hedgerows

We had a row of cherokee rose at our previous place in the yard, where I would let the sheep out to graze every so often. It was really dense - wild growth, never trimmed. There was fence on the other side, so I wasn't counting on the hedge to keep them in. They love eating roses and had it denuded of leaves within a few months (limited turnout in the yard), at which point they could wiggle into the center of the vines. The vines made a mess of the fleeces and occasionally a sheep would get trapped by rose vines tangled in the wool. I let them out now to eat the roses after shearing.

Linda

Neal Grose wrote: 
  My grandfather helped people plant multiflora rose and kudzu for erosion control back in the 30s. One of his friends said that it was the only evil thing Mr. Joseph ever did. Both are famously invasive now, and both can only be with goats and SHEEP! 
  Neal 


  -----Original Message----- From: Zach Oaster 
  Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:42 AM 
  To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Hedgerows 

  In mid-Michigan, back in the 1960s, my great uncle once planted 
  several fence rows of multiflower rose for the purpose of natural 
  livestock containment. While this worked great for a while (after the 
  initial growth/pruning period), my grandfather (who lived down the 
  road), and other neighbors started complaining that the multiflower 
  rose was beginning to show up in their fields and fence rows. Within 
  the period of a few decades the plant has literally infested the 
  entire area. It had not been native to the area, but you wouldn't know 
  that now. 

  All of this to say that natural fences can be an unnatural addition... 
  and that species that tend to grow and populate easily will do so with 
  or without your consent. Choose carefully. 

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