The goats and Craig have been working hard to knock down the blackberry thickets, so I (Nessie) took over the keyboard. Last weekend was quite wet. Craig had left an empty trough setting outside. The rain started on Friday evening and by Monday morning there was more than 4 inches of water in the trough.… Continue Reading
I, Nessie, was promoted to senior border collie for this last trip of another busy grazing season. Craig and I are still out with the goats on a project near the SeaTac airport. For most of September the goats were out working while the rest of us were at home. The goats were about an… Continue Reading
The goats finished a large thicket of blackberries on a slope overlooking Puyallup. The goats did a great job of opening up the site which would have been very difficult with equipment due to the steep slope and soft soils. The site also had a number of native shrubs, including willows and salmonberry. The goats… Continue Reading
Harvey reporting for blog duty. We having been keeping busy moving the goats from one project to the next. The goats spent 11 days in Quincy, eating Kochia, Canadian thistle and other weeds on the berms and in a stormwater retention pond. We had several days that were 100 degrees or more. During the heat… 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
Craig had another easy drive from Oregon back to WA. Only one slow down getting across the bridge into WA. Our goats are working on a new area for the golf course. It is quite a thicket of blackberries. Craig had to pull out the metal panels again to smash down the tall thicket so… 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
Yesterday, Craig moved the goats to a new pen. The new brown kid was easy to find. The little black and white kid was a different story. Craig looked for him before he moved the goats and did not find him. So he decided to work on cutting down more blackberry canes for the goats… Continue Reading
We moved to Western WA on Tuesday. The cooler weather is nice. Definitely not as hot as Quincy. After Craig got the goats out into the pen, one doe was making a lot of noise. She was acting like she was looking for her kid but she did not have one. At least at that… 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