Re: Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides

On May 11, 3:03 pm, jl <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <dind24tcckvj5emfmvj642sgldm3k8g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, F=E9achad=F3ir
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> <F=E9ach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Irish agriculture was much more pastoral than arable, which may have
> > meant we held on to forest for longer.
>
> Not sure about that. Goats and sheep can devastate a landscape because
no
> new shoots get the chance to grow and young trees are quickly nibbled to
> death.
>
> Jochen
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My experience too.  I had a small herd of goats when I was a teenager
and let them into the orchard to eat the grass. After a week, they had
eaten the bark off the trees. It was such a disaster that I didn't
even get into trouble. Goats are the most contrary animal I have ever
known.

Donal