Hay feeder rings

In the Spring about the time the snow starts melting the area around the hay feeders take a beating from the cattle standing at the feeder and eating.  It takes some time for the grass to recover.

Below you can see how the calves broke branches on the three evergreen trees I planted last Fall.  In the first photo on the left side you can see the wire fence I had wrapped around the trees.  Even with the wire the calves pushed against the wire and reached through where they could and tore the lower branches off the trees.  The calves had all you could eat hay but they apparently were bored.