Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats will
not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled shade in
some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and already has
lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats will
not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled shade in
some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and already has
lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks



Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.

"Jonno" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats
will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled
shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and
already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.

Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming the
way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....

Try grass :-)


"meeee" wrote in message
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Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats will
not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled shade in
some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and already
has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

Nope....lol well a few blades are hiding between some rocks, I believe.

"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
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Try grass :-)


"meeee" wrote in message
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Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats
will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled
shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and
already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

meeee wrote:

Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming the
way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....

How about through a glass lidded cooking pot?


slinks away and doesn't mention that weekly shopping also includes a
bit of goat meat now

meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is dry,
sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from marauding
goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to all you
gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that goats
will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of dappled
shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage gardens and
already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks
Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.

Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming the
way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....


Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence,
electric or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything.
Anyone keeping goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat
or mind. Goats go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother
will become quite smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are
quite tricky. This is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a
goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and
is ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is
probably in the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its
too late... (GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.

"Terryc" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:

Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....

How about through a glass lidded cooking pot?


slinks away and doesn't mention that weekly shopping also includes a bit
of goat meat now

Lol we used to eat the young males....very nice meat! Now us kids are all
out, there aren't so many mouths to feed so she just has two milkers; the
bush goat from hell and a saanen....less said there the better. For some
reason you always get a bad tempered goat who's a great milker, or a placid,
slightly silly one who's just ok.

"Jonno" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is
dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from
marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to
all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that
goats will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of
dappled shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage
gardens and already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks
Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.

Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence, electric
or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything. Anyone keeping
goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat or mind. Goats
go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother will become quite
smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are quite tricky. This
is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and is
ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is probably in
the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its too late...
(GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.

She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down on
that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the vegie
garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a 'flower garden'
out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of rocks, some dead
leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the rosemary.I might just
suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have a chat to her about natives
too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the bush around her house that they
won't touch, so I think she should try getting her hands on those.

meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
...
meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is
dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from
marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request to
all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions that
goats will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort of
dappled shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes cottage
gardens and already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks
Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.
Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence, electric
or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything. Anyone keeping
goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat or mind. Goats
go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother will become quite
smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are quite tricky. This
is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and is
ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is probably in
the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its too late...
(GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.

She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down on
that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the vegie
garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a 'flower garden'
out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of rocks, some dead
leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the rosemary.I might just
suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have a chat to her about natives
too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the bush around her house that they
won't touch, so I think she should try getting her hands on those.


Where/what place exactly is she?

"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
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meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is
dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from
marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request
to all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions
that goats will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort
of dappled shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes
cottage gardens and already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.
Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence,
electric or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything.
Anyone keeping goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat
or mind. Goats go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother
will become quite smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are
quite tricky. This is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a
goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and
is ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is
probably in the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its
too late... (GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.

She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down on
that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the vegie
garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a 'flower
garden' out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of rocks,
some dead leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the rosemary.I
might just suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have a chat to her
about natives too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the bush around her
house that they won't touch, so I think she should try getting her hands
on those.
Where/what place exactly is she?

SE Qld, Granite Belt area. So the soil is basically very fine granite. I'm
not sure about local native nurseries but last I recall there weren't many
for some reason, or they were miles out of town.

meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
...
meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil is
dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers from
marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a request
to all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry conditions
that goats will not eat...she will be very very grateful!! It's sort
of dappled shade in some parts and full sun in others; she likes
cottage gardens and already has lavendar and rosemary growing. Thanks

Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.
Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's charming
the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence,
electric or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything.
Anyone keeping goats that will not eat everything, has a defective goat
or mind. Goats go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your mother
will become quite smart after having been butted on the bbbut. Goats are
quite tricky. This is why the devil is sometimes seen in the guise of a
goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and
is ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is
probably in the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before its
too late... (GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.
She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down on
that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the vegie
garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a 'flower
garden' out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of rocks,
some dead leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the rosemary.I
might just suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have a chat to her
about natives too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the bush around her
house that they won't touch, so I think she should try getting her hands
on those.
Where/what place exactly is she?

SE Qld, Granite Belt area. So the soil is basically very fine granite. I'm
not sure about local native nurseries but last I recall there weren't many
for some reason, or they were miles out of town.


It seems the goats are in the wrong area. Theres nothing to eat except
you Mum's garden! (grin!) I reckon she may be in a sparsely populated
and vegetated area. Possibly alkaline soil. suggest getting onto this
site for help

http://www.check-in.com.au/Brisbane/...ns_Nursery.htm

http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL2006/aug06-1.html

As to whats goat resistant, what a question to ask.
Try tin cans? As suggested previously. electrify the garden. Which
reminds me
I once wired a tree with Christmas tree lights, full 240 volts to the
trunk one nice wet day, no trouble with goats, but the tree died.
Shocking.....

"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
u...
meeee wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message
...
meeee wrote:
Mum rang me with a gardening problem regarding goats.....her soil
is dry, sandy, slightly acid and under gum trees. She also suffers
from marauding goats....her own, but still.....so she's put in a
request to all you gardening gurus for plants that will handle dry
conditions that goats will not eat...she will be very very
grateful!! It's sort of dappled shade in some parts and full sun in
others; she likes cottage gardens and already has lavendar and
rosemary growing. Thanks
Goats will eat anything.
They wont eat Electric fenced plants. Mind you it will also surprise
your Mum at times and give her heart quite a Rev/start.
Lol!! I know.....she needs to do that. I think she thinks it's
charming the way they stare stupidly through her glass doors.....
Er is it the goats or is it her....staring stupidly (no offence,
electric or otherwise) I mean. Goats were designed to eat anything.
Anyone keeping goats that will not eat everything, has a defective
goat or mind. Goats go to great lengths to eat the uneatable. Your
mother will become quite smart after having been butted on the bbbut.
Goats are quite tricky. This is why the devil is sometimes seen in the
guise of a goat.
You cannot trust goats. (All this information was taken of the Net and
is ISO 9001 certified.) (Except the bit about) your mother who is
probably in the spell of "charming goats" Snap her out of it before
its too late... (GRIN!) Dont let her even think about donkeys.
She thinks donkeys are sweet...enough said. Dad has put his foot down
on that one fortunately. She's quite good at keeping them out of the
vegie garden....many years of trial and error....but she'd like a
'flower garden' out the front. Or any garden. Right now she has lots of
rocks, some dead leaves, sand, aloe vera and lavendar. Oh, and the
rosemary.I might just suggest she gets more of that. I'm going to have
a chat to her about natives too; I'm sure there are quite a few in the
bush around her house that they won't touch, so I think she should try
getting her hands on those.
Where/what place exactly is she?

SE Qld, Granite Belt area. So the soil is basically very fine granite.
I'm not sure about local native nurseries but last I recall there weren't
many for some reason, or they were miles out of town.
It seems the goats are in the wrong area. Theres nothing to eat except
you Mum's garden! (grin!) I reckon she may be in a sparsely populated and
vegetated area. Possibly alkaline soil. suggest getting onto this site for
help

http://www.check-in.com.au/Brisbane/...ns_Nursery.htm

http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL2006/aug06-1.html

As to whats goat resistant, what a question to ask.
Try tin cans? As suggested previously. electrify the garden. Which reminds
me
I once wired a tree with Christmas tree lights, full 240 volts to the
trunk one nice wet day, no trouble with goats, but the tree died.
Shocking.....

Lol you make me laugh.... yes, she is in an open woodland type area, so
not a lot of forage unless you're a roo. Only you can't milk roos. So the
goats get hay, grain etc...thanks for the link, I'll look it up and give her
some names...she seems to think the internet will burn or
something.....thanks for that

Lol you make me laugh.... yes, she is in an open woodland type area, so
not a lot of forage unless you're a roo. Only you can't milk roos. So the
goats get hay, grain etc...thanks for the link, I'll look it up and give
her some names...she seems to think the internet will burn or
something.....thanks for that

Just tell her to cross her index fingers in front when given the info from
the net. It will purify it.
Jim
TFIC

"SG1" wrote in message
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Lol you make me laugh.... yes, she is in an open woodland type area, so
not a lot of forage unless you're a roo. Only you can't milk roos. So the
goats get hay, grain etc...thanks for the link, I'll look it up and give
her some names...she seems to think the internet will burn or
something.....thanks for that

Just tell her to cross her index fingers in front when given the info from
the net. It will purify it.
Jim
TFIC

Should she wave a bottle of eucalyptus oil over it?