Goats doing roadside clean up in NM - link added

[WriterofWords]

I was just watching KVIA in El Paso, KVIA.com is their website, and they had a story about a goat herder in Las Cruces NM up the road from me doing roadwork. The goat herder takes the goats out, it takes about two days for the goats to clean up the growth and the herder gets $250 I think they said, instead of paying a road crew to do it for a lot more. They showed quite a herd of goats at work, it was really interesting. They were fenced away from the highway so they were safe, and they looked thrilled to be there.

http://www.kvia.com/news/27221430/detail.html

 

[NewHopePoultry]

Thats neat

 

[debilorrah]

Yep we do that with our neighbors. Everyone wants to know how in the world we keep our yard so clean. We point to Bert & Ernie and tell them $75 a day....

 

[c is 4 cochin]

Those goats might clean up all the grass an brush, but. . .but. . .they leave a ton of berries behind. Who gets to clean that up?

 

[WriterofWords]

Quote:
Biodegradable!

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I'd worry about them eating roadside garbage or cigarette butts or other nasties.

 

[country lady]

"Those goats might clean up all the grass an brush, but. . .but. . .they leave a ton of berries behind. Who gets to clean that up?"----As a gardener, I would love to have goats if only for the clean manure they produce--tops, in my book. Great idea someone came up with!

 

[WriterofWords]

chickensducks&agoose :

I'd worry about them eating roadside garbage or cigarette butts or other nasties.

I imagine the herder watches out for that, or they have a crew remove garbage first,, in fact I'm sure they do because Las Cruces uses roadside cleanup crews for trash from the Southern NM prison up there.​

 

[kla37]

Very cool!

 

[sfw2]

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I imagine the herder watches out for that, or they have a crew remove garbage first,, in fact I'm sure they do because Las Cruces uses roadside cleanup crews for trash from the Southern NM prison up there.

How you know when your criminal career was a rank failure:

Your prison job is "pre-cleaning" for goats.