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Neighbor woke us up wanting to mow our pasture
Locust Fork
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You know you are out in the country when your dogs wake you up because someone is at the back door......and when you check it is your neighbor on his tractor wanting to go over our overgrown pasture.
We had almost decided to just let nature have it, but he showed up asking if we'd like him to cut it.
We just don't have time to deal with it. 10 acres isn't a lot......we used to mow it with our riding mower, but the edges of everything started getting more overgrown.....then under the trees got high......eventually we just gave up on it and let it go.
Then.....like a caped super hero.....this old man from down the road showed up.
We had almost decided to just let nature have it, but he showed up asking if we'd like him to cut it.
We just don't have time to deal with it. 10 acres isn't a lot......we used to mow it with our riding mower, but the edges of everything started getting more overgrown.....then under the trees got high......eventually we just gave up on it and let it go.
Then.....like a caped super hero.....this old man from down the road showed up.
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After the goats eat the weeds down, I rotate everything.
My goats won?t touch the grass, if there are weeds to eat, so the grass gets tall and lush.
If I leave the goats in after the best weeds are gone, they will eat the grass.
Your mileage may vary.
Goats.
They will keep the grass low and clear out any undergrowth
They make fair pets and your dog may enjoy their presence
Might be able to write them off as a business expense
You can get paid to transport then to neighbors rural property were they will eat all the undergrowth and weeds and overgrown areas and grass
Mike
My grandfather used to raise goats, trust me, they eat more than weeds. They will latch hold of an electric fence and just stand there shaking, I think they like it. They can break fence wire, the eat fence posts, cloths, car interiors, flowers, they are like giant ferrets that eat everything instead of hiding it. Bryann wanted to get goats, HELL NO!!
I have 10 goats at my place. I have my pastures paddocked off. Goats in one paddock, horses and sometimes cows in others.
After the goats eat the weeds down, I rotate everything.
My goats won?t touch the grass, if there are weeds to eat, so the grass gets tall and lush.
If I leave the goats in after the best weeds are gone, they will eat the grass.
Your mileage may vary.
Goats are the answer. Goats are used for the grounds of larger schools, sometimes there is a cow. Strange when I first saw the cow but now that's just the way things work.
Never seen a riding mower, the grass is cut with a gasoline weed eater if there isn't a cow. The goats and cows come and go depending on the need.
We attempted to have 4 or 5 goats a few years ago in a small pen by the barn. We would put them out on long lead lines near overgrown areas hoping they would eat that area.......it was a total fiasco. Goats are able to tangle themselves up in ways nobody would believe.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I've thought about getting something going with goats or a cow so many times.
There is something wrong with you. [:0][B)][:D][}:)]
This isn't going to hurt my chances on the 10 ga. Over/Under is It?
There is a company (franchise???) In my tri-state area that uses goats as part of a landscaping company
School systems and utility companies and the railroad as well as the highway department use them - one of the local Philadelphia network news programs runs a story on them at least once a year
They get placed in / on a fenced property (often with hills or high sloped grades) and they seem to eat everything including some bushes and trees and trash
They appear to really decimate anything and the grassy areas almost look fresh cut
No idea what it costs - just think its an interesting thing
Mike
Yes Mike, I have been thinking of getting a Goat "Franchise," going. (You are kind of spoiling my Entrepenual aspect.) Thanks so much.
I wax thinking of calling it "Goats R Us." Catchy right?
I await your input, on this important business endeavor.
Your Pal,
-Ken-
As long as you and your human employees don't have "relations" with the staff / goats I have no objections
And should you start a thread announcing the founding of your goat staffed landscape remediation company I would read and review the thread so I could first laugh and than sigh after you immediately get assaulted and thread jacked by our resident troll
Mike
Why do you feel the need to limit me so?
(And) Obviously, I can deal with my Resident Personal Troll. I'd prefer not to, but I am able if the need arises.
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
No, no, no. THE name for such a business would be "Breaking Baaaaaaad"
Your using the wrong blow up toy / inflatable partner
That's a sheep - not a goat
[;)]
Mike
It sounds like you have extensive experience with Goats. What exactly do they sound like? [:D][}:)]