We are planting a 1 acre orchard this year on our smallholding of 12.5 acres. We have 5.5 acres of meadows and approx 5 acres of woodland. Never had any livestock before and looking find a simple, low maintenance route for managing the grassland, which is a mix of loam on heavy clay and can get a bit wet in winter. The sward reveals the conditions, a mix of different grasses, plantain, and soft rush. We are a vegetarian household and so I don't plan to kill and eat any animals we have onsite. We eat eggs. I've heard that a Shropshire breed of sheep don't bother with trees with leaves over 1 metre high. We cut and use grass to add organic matter back into sward in orchard field. We use it to mulch around thousands of trees we are planting however we don't need too much of it and certainly not in the 1.5 acre wildflower meadow. Be great to hear from anyone with similar interests who have found useful ways to go.