Slow as it goes, the most concise words for our new farm progress. But slow as it goes, it is happening!
Last weekend we “cut in” the fenceline for the initial goat pastures.
I began thinking about just what cutting in the fenceline meant. I must give credit to the animals themselves.
Goats – they provide us with entertainment and companionship, milk, and now, an environmentally safe clean-up.
We do not need gallons of diesel fuel and heavy equipment to clean up the last sections of our farm. We have goats.
They benefit from the lush green. There is nothing better for a goat than the leaves from deep-rooted plants, especially leaves from trees. And the land benefits by the adding back of natural fertilization. I cannot imagine a better situation.
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They’ll be in goat paradise – lovely foliage to browse upon. Goats are the BEST at clearing brush and keeping it trimmed up to just the right height (ours keep the trees nice and levelled on the bottom) – wonderful how something which has worked for centuries still works.
Centuries – you hit the nail on the head!
I can just see the goat’s eyes light up when they see their new home!
I am like a kid waiting for Christmas morning, Becky. I want to see them scatter and devour, and enjoy.
Hi Mary,
You are so right. It is a win-win proposition. The goats do what they naturally do and the land is preserved and the environment is not stained by chemicals. Great observation!
My thinking here is we tend to forget what they really are capable of doing for us. Thanks, Michael.
We’ve fenced off an area and let some goats eat multi-flora, etc. We’ve made hoop houses for them.
~*~Amy~*~
Amy, we are talking about doing that very thing with a few goats behind our garage and house (not at the new farm). The slope is too steep to mow, too dangerous above the pond this year. The goats will love it, and they should keep it cleaned up until the place is sold.
We just took some cattle panels/stock panels to the area as well where we wanted them to be. Which was the area where one of our sheep wether’s got stuck in multi-flora roses when we raised sheep that is and we were getting a load of hay at the time and didn’t realize he was there until a bit later though.
Amy
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