Comments on: Weeds got your goat? http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/ The Last Best Place for a Nuclear Waste Dump Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:34:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: sarah traube http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6827 sarah traube Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:40:24 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6827 Does anyone have the name or tel.no of the goat man who apparently hangs out around Dublin/Pleasanton, as I need him urgently for some land that needs clearing. Thank you. Does anyone have the name or tel.no of the goat man who apparently hangs out around Dublin/Pleasanton, as I need him urgently for some land that needs clearing. Thank you.

]]> By: Jane http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6725 Jane Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:24:40 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6725 Just so you know...goats are browsers and prefer to eat shrubs, tree leaves and brushy plants such as thistle and wild roses. They will selectively eat tall spears of grass, but that's about it. There are commercial goat weed managers ("Ewephoric" out of Wyoming is one, if they are still around), who use portable fences to concentrate goats into small areas and move the fencing each day until the area is cleared. Goats are lively, friendly creatures who make great outdoor companions.Their droppings are pellets that make good fertilizer, and their sharp hooves break up the soil to allow seed germination. But if you get some be sure to get at least two--goats are herd animals who get desperately lonely without at least one companion, and they'll let you know with their plaintive bleeting! Just so you know…goats are browsers and prefer to eat shrubs, tree leaves and brushy plants such as thistle and wild roses. They will selectively eat tall spears of grass, but that’s about it. There are commercial goat weed managers (”Ewephoric” out of Wyoming is one, if they are still around), who use portable fences to concentrate goats into small areas and move the fencing each day until the area is cleared.

Goats are lively, friendly creatures who make great outdoor companions.Their droppings are pellets that make good fertilizer, and their sharp hooves break up the soil to allow seed germination. But if you get some be sure to get at least two–goats are herd animals who get desperately lonely without at least one companion, and they’ll let you know with their plaintive bleeting!

]]> By: Maggie http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6722 Maggie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:49:17 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6722 I am interested in hiring some goats to clear some land I have. Any ideas of services in Northern California, Bay Area that do this? I am interested in hiring some goats to clear some land I have. Any ideas of services in Northern California, Bay Area that do this?

]]> By: Cassity Bromley http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6662 Cassity Bromley Tue, 13 May 2008 21:16:12 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6662 Bighorn Canyon National Rec. area is using about 1,500 goats as part of a weed control program. One word of caution though: Like domestic sheep, goats spread disease to bighorn sheep and can cause large die offs, so domestic goats are NOT a good choice in or near bighorn sheep habitat! Bighorn Canyon National Rec. area is using about 1,500 goats as part of a weed control program. One word of caution though: Like domestic sheep, goats spread disease to bighorn sheep and can cause large die offs, so domestic goats are NOT a good choice in or near bighorn sheep habitat!

]]> By: mm http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6658 mm Mon, 12 May 2008 22:43:35 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6658 I have to agree with goattrails. I'm from the Bay Area of California where some people employ goats to help with brush and weeds, esp. in the East Bay. These goats can become a part of the family, even in more urban environments such as Oakland. I don't get the quick-to-kill environmentalist.? Goats are great and you don't have to eat them to benefit from them. I have to agree with goattrails.

I’m from the Bay Area of California where some people employ goats to help with brush and weeds, esp. in the East Bay. These goats can become a part of the family, even in more urban environments such as Oakland.

I don’t get the quick-to-kill environmentalist.? Goats are great and you don’t have to eat them to benefit from them.

]]> By: goattrails http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6654 goattrails Sun, 11 May 2008 14:44:20 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6654 Respectfully I disagree. I keep my brush and weeds down with goats too. However they do not get butchered they are out and about whenever the weather permits and in the deep winter are cozy in the barn. When are we going to stop exploiting animals for our own selfish purposes? Yet another symptom of the throw away mentality. How sad for you. goattrails Respectfully I disagree. I keep my brush and weeds down with goats too. However they do not get butchered they
are out and about whenever the weather permits and in the deep winter are cozy in the barn.

When are we going to stop exploiting animals for our own selfish purposes? Yet another symptom of the throw away mentality. How sad for you.
goattrails

]]> By: Mark Wright http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6652 Mark Wright Sat, 10 May 2008 05:56:28 +0000 http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/05/09/weeds-got-your-goat/#comment-6652 California in particular would benefit by grazing the chapparel lands rather than letting em scorch a few towns every year. Any kind of grazer is a naturally good grazer in the USA. Goats and sheep say rotated with cattle really help keep the fire hazard in check. Also they produce meat and wool while performing that fire control service. Rebbecca...you and the neighbor, get 3 or 4 of em ( one needs to be a young billy )...keep one doe over the winter to have kids the next year. Say a 2 or 3 goat barbeque then in the fall...Nice sized neighborhood party, or freeze a bunch to enjoy over the winter. g California in particular would benefit by grazing the chapparel lands rather than letting em scorch a few towns every year.

Any kind of grazer is a naturally good grazer in the USA. Goats and sheep say rotated with cattle really help keep the fire hazard in check. Also they produce meat and wool while performing that fire control service.

Rebbecca…you and the neighbor, get 3 or 4 of em ( one needs to be a young billy )…keep one doe over the winter to have kids the next year.

Say a 2 or 3 goat barbeque then in the fall…Nice sized neighborhood party, or freeze a bunch to enjoy over the winter.

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