Neighbor woke us up wanting to mow our pasture
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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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
Mike0 -
And when they get old you put them in TACOS!!!![:p] 0 -
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.0 -
quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
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!!0 -
quote:Originally posted by diver-rig
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.0 -
I've thought about getting something going with goats or a cow so many times. We have a stream that runs through the back area of our property. I think the goats would really work wonders if I could get the fence done right.
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.0 -
Let the neighbor mow it & bale it if he can use the hay. Win, win for both of you 0 -
Goats. You?ll come home and one will be standing on your roof eating the shingles. 0 -
got the kids a pygmy goat when they were little, we called him gomer the guard goat, he was raised in a pen with my rabbitt beagles so he allways thought he was a dog, you could let him out and he would just follow you around like dog. if let go in the yard the only thing he would eat was dandilions, didn't matter if they were yellow or the white seed, and the wifes and neighbors flowers, I don't think he ever ate a weed. he would just stand in front of the pen and bleet after he ate all the dandelions wanting back in, guess he got hooked on horse and mule feed, and dog food. ended up getting so fat he looked like a pot belly pig, he used to sleep on top the dog house till he got to fat to climb up. 0 -
I would just seasonally burn it. It's good for the soil among other things. 0 -
Sounds like a good neighbor! 0 -
Solar powered portable electric fence Kune Pigs or other grass eating pigs. Not guinea pigs but you can eat them (the other, other, other white meat when the dead rises or when the water rises). 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
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?0 -
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
Mike0 -
quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
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,
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As long as you and your human employees don't have "relations" with the staff / goats I have no objections
As long as you only employ goats born in this country or goats who have obtained citizenship through legal means like military service we should be OK
I would like to see your goats in a union free shop
Your canine buddy could supervise the goats (as long as he restrains himself from eating the goats)
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
Mike0 -
quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
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.0 -
No, no, no. THE name for such a business would be "Breaking Baaaaaaad" 0 -
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
[;)]
Mike0 -
quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
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][}:)]0
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