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handmade34

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5. well...
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:36 PM
Mar 2012

yes, they eat weeds! They have incredibly strong snout muscles and will root up many smaller rocks and will loosen the soil around larger ones... I used to use pigs specifically to clear land.... must have good elecric fence though, to keep them in... but they are real sweethearts

I used to sleep with my sows during farrowing time, so I could protect the tiny babies from their big floppy mums

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sheep was going to be my suggestion Kali Mar 2012 #1
I still have one ewe left. LWolf Mar 2012 #3
pigs handmade34 Mar 2012 #2
Do they eat weeds? LWolf Mar 2012 #4
well... handmade34 Mar 2012 #5
What about goats? TNDemo Apr 2012 #6
goats are natural browsers handmade34 Apr 2012 #7
My place was a goat ranch before I bought it. LWolf Apr 2012 #8
I'm not sure TNDemo Apr 2012 #9
Please do, and thanks! nt LWolf Apr 2012 #10
She never answered my email TNDemo Apr 2012 #11
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