[Ag-eq] Green Goats

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Oh, now I'm known as the goat lady in my neighborhood!

My goats are very popular, especially right after the kids were born.  I think
all the neighbors know their names and everyone wansd to know if they can bring
them treats.

Once there was a stray goat wondering about and everyone called to see if all my
goats were here.  Mine were all accounted for and the stray goats home was found
a couple blocks away.

Nella

Quoting nfoster at extremezone.com:

> Maybe I should try and hire out the girls!
>
> I use mine to keep the weeds out of the dog yard.  I don't have grass since I
> live in the desert and I refuse to water that much, but lots of pesty desert
> weeds come up.  The goats, Cruiser and Jack keep their paddocks picked clean.
> Since dogs don't eat weeds they can get pretty bad if I don't let the
> livestock
> eat them down.  I've also walked my goats on leashes along the front of my
> property.  Weeds get between the fence and curb.  So, I let the goats mow up
> and down the strip!
>
> Nella
>
> Quoting Jody W Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>
> > They use goats to keep airports trim too.
> >
> >
> > JODY
> >
> > "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
> >
> > On Oct 19, 2013, at 12:37 PM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Tracy:
> > >
> > > I've heard of people doing that with goats.  In Arizona they were used in
> > the
> > > Prescott forest to eat undergrowth.  This was to help cut down on forest
> > fires.
> > > The goats and goat herders were hired from the Navajo nation.  I believe
> > about
> > > 500 goats were used.  I think they are doing it almost every summer.
> > >
> > > Nella
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
> > >
> > >> I just read a big article in my local paper about how an organization
> > hired
> > >> a herd of goats to clean up a lot of poison ivy growing in some woods
> they
> > >> want to make available for hiking and nature studies.  They paid about
> > $3200
> > >> to the company Green Goats to have the herd for a few weeks.  The
> company
> > >> required the organization to make sure someone came every day to give
> the
> > >> goats water and such.  I thought that was odd.  If they were my goats,
> I'd
> > >> want to check on them myself, and not leave it to strangers.  Or maybe I
> > or
> > >> the writer misunderstood that bit.
> > >> The article said the goats did a good job.  The town was supposed to
> > follow
> > >> up and spray the roots, but they waited too long, and the poison ivy
> grew
> > >> back, so they might need the goats again.
> > >> But anyway, it seems like people with goat herds could make good money
> > >> renting them out.
> > >> Tracy
> > >>
> > >>
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