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Caroline Wise feeding oranges to sheep in Phoenix, Arizona

Today’s title does not refer to Cascading Style Sheets, which for most non-geek readers probably wouldn’t have been their first guess anyway. Citrus Stuffed Sheep is what I’m referring to. Caroline and I visited Iris Dozer’s place in central Phoenix to pick citrus in her grove, where the majority of her daughter’s sheep also reside. These are no sheepish sheep either, on the contrary, they are quite like dogs begging around the dinner table. One must watch these four-legged citrus sponges as they will nudge you for a fresh pick and should you turn your back on the bucket you are filling, you could easily turn back around to find a few fruits missing and some more with bites stolen. In addition to enjoying ripe, even over-ripe oranges, it is not beyond these ravenous ruminants to tackle large grapefruits. A friend of ours down in Willcox has apple-addicted sheep. Now you know what folks with orchards do with surplus fruit, besides allowing moochers such as Caroline and I to come over and glean a tree or two.

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