We have a young orchard,of 30 trees, planted as 2 year old trees in November 2016 in about half an acre.
I had thought we would try to graze sheep in there and did some research into a breed that people said are less likely to eat the trees (Ouessants), but it’s clear that they will eat the bark, so we are not putting them in with the trees, which still leaves us with a grass problem.
Is there anything else we could put in with the trees that won’t damage them?
We can’t put big sturdy guards around every tree, because it would be very expensive and would mean the orchard would just be full of wooden stakes, which is not the look I’m going for! Are there any guards that will work for sheep which doesn’t involve efffextively wooden fencing them individually?