Most of my goats seldom ever touch Vinca.
It is as invasive as kudzu were i live, so i wish it was good for them like kudzu.
One goat that i noticed eating a fair amount of it one day. Aborted her babies that evening!
I keep it knocked back away from my fence and out of my pasture with a weed torch. Burning doesn't get rid if it all together, but if i burn it regularly it eventually gives up.
In areas i can't burn i spray early on a day that is expected to be sunny, with a solution of vinegar dish washing liquid and epsom salt. Again you have to keep after it, until it gives up trying to come back.
Thanks for that Dee-Bee! Don't know if I can burn that close to the highway but could try the spray...unfortunately it will be ongoing maintenance of the fenceline unless I want to tackle the whole area along the hwy.
I originally had to spray fenceline and a wide walking path outside it often. To keep it beat back towards the road. Now i have to spray about twice a year to keep it back in the hedgerow along the road.
My husband used to spray a strong herbicide on it twice a year. That worked very well, but i had to keep my goats away for a couple of weeks and untill it had rained a few times. Not to mention the adverse affects the chemicals had on the land etc.
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