Thread: Calling Micky Duck and Tahr and Gimp and Tikka

Originally Posted by XR500

Gorse is a very long term nurse crop, and really should be relegated to large remote locations that people desire to return to native (or any other tree that takes their fancy). Small pockets of gorse simply spread out onto farmland and once there are extremely difficult to get rid of.
There are numerous other nurse crops that will benefit returning natives, that can also have an end value. Unlike gorse.

Yes. Ive used tree lucerne as an early cover crop - attracts birds immediately. But deer would slaughter it 'cos it's quite a good forage tree.