Harvey speaks: At Dayton we work for Columbia County on the levees to manage the weeds and the brush. The levees are steep and rocky, ideal conditions for the goats to work. The area the goats graze is fairly narrow, from the waters edge to the top of the levee averages around 40 feet wide.… Continue Reading
Harvey speaks: This June we did a trail project for WA Department of Transportation to see if goats would be cost effective for WSDOT to use for managing noxious weeds along portions of the highways. The part we worked on was along new portion of Hwy 395 in North Spokane. The goats were out of… Continue Reading
Three weeks in the Issaquah Highlands went by fast. The first week we were at Vista Park. Then we moved the goats up to Magnolia Street to a narrow tract between houses and the forest. There is only one way to bring the goats into the site so the goats have to come back the… Continue Reading
Harvey here. We spent the last weekend at the Bus Facility at East Base in Bellevue to clean up the English Ivy and a few blackberry canes. On Monday we arrived to a warm welcome to Issaquah Highlands for regular treatment of the steep slopes for weeds. The first location we are working at is… Continue Reading
We arrived safely to Hillsboro, OR on Tuesday. Craig was happily surprised that the drive went very smoothly with little traffic. We are working at the same location we worked at last September. The owner wanted us back early this year. We are working on one new area with lots of blackberries (the old growth… Continue Reading
Craig can see snow up on the mountains to the west but is is warm in Quincy. Nessie and I are staying close to the shade. The wind has been quite steady. A breeze is nice to keep us cooler but the strong wind kicking up the dust is a little too strong. The goats… Continue Reading
We moved from the forest to the desert on Monday afternoon. We had all enjoyed the nice shade of the forest at Tubbs Hill. Now we are following the shade around the trailer in Quincy. We just finished a project for Yahoo and moved this morning down the road about a mile to Intuit. I… Continue Reading
Harvey and I had a great time at Tubbs Hill in Couer d’ Alene, ID. We got to meet lots of different dogs, climb up and down hills, swim in the lake, and get lots of attention. We also met Jed and Sadie, GoatPros border collies. I almost forgot we also met Oz the working… Continue Reading
Craig has been busy this spring. We had a good kidding season, 95 goat kids on the ground running around. There were three sets of triplets. Craig had to pull one of the triplets off of one mom, since she decided three were too many. It is always busy getting everything ready to get… Continue Reading
Yesterday while Craig was out cutting off blackberry canes with the hedge trimmer, I was busy keeping an eye on the truck making sure everything was safe. The goats have had fun at this site with lots of blackberries and willow trees to climb. … Continue Reading