Author Topic: What is this grass called (damp ground)? (Read 8269 times)

Dans · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2013, 11:29:18 pm »

If you're putting sheep on there keep an eye out for fluke. Rushes are a sign of the type of soil that the fluke's snail likes.

Dans

spandit · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2013, 06:55:21 am »

Quote from: Dans on March 22, 2013, 11:29:18 pm

If you're putting sheep on there keep an eye out for fluke. Rushes are a sign of the type of soil that the fluke's snail likes.

Dans

How much of a responsibility would I have as a land owner even if I'm renting the land to someone else to keep their sheep on?

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2013, 10:23:03 am »

It's the grazier's responsibility to take care of fluke in their own sheep, unless you have a rental agreement where you "look the sheep" too. In that case you certainly want to discuss fluke with the renter and agree a strategy.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2013, 01:59:47 pm »

<blockquote><<Start collecting tree protectors now if you get the chance. My sheep would demolish a new willow stand in a heart beat. I reckon they could make a serious dent in an established one in a couple of days ::)

</blockquote>
I'll be investing in a load soon... Any recommended types?>>

Sheep are amazingly tall when they stand on their back legs, so if you are protecting trees individually you really need to build a little pen around each one and make it maybe 5' tall. Probably best and simplest to fence off the whole willow area and have sheep grazing the rest.
Some sheep, I think Shropshires, don't eat trees, but most do

spandit · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2013, 06:01:35 pm »

Perhaps fencing off the entire area would be best, then... The two paddocks need a barrier between them anyway. I'll stock fence until I can get a hedge to grow!