I have 1.2 desert tortoises in a large pen. One end of the pen is dirt...about 1/8th of the total. Across the dirt/grass edge I have used 4x4 posts laying to make a border, and at either side I've planted a Thompson's seedless grape vine. I put stakes in the ground and strung wire from one side to the other to support the vine as it grows. The vines are only a couple years old and I forget to water them, so they're still pretty small.
Last Saturday I had the tree guy out to thin out the cottonwood tree a bit. One of the branches he cut fell on my grapevine stake, and I didn't see it until this morning. My little grape vine was laying on the ground and it looked like the grape leaf skeletonizer had been at it. However, there were two very pleased-looking desert tortoises by the grapevine, rubbing their tummies.
Yvonne
Last Saturday I had the tree guy out to thin out the cottonwood tree a bit. One of the branches he cut fell on my grapevine stake, and I didn't see it until this morning. My little grape vine was laying on the ground and it looked like the grape leaf skeletonizer had been at it. However, there were two very pleased-looking desert tortoises by the grapevine, rubbing their tummies.
Yvonne