Organic Gardening on a Cloven Hoof


Branching out a bit from my little patch of paradise to about a mile away. Here, under the high voltage transmission towers of our local utility, Southern California Edison, a tree nursery has some fallow land.

Being hot and dry summer conditions here in Southern California, the brush builds up only to dry out and cause a high fire danger.



The nursery hires a local goatherd for about $3,000. He brings his flock in and dozens of hungry lawnmowers get to work.



While dry grass and brush might not be a complete, nutritional meal for the goats, they have a feeding pen (at the top of their range in the above picture) that has supplemental feed and water



It also makes quite an attraction in our neighborhood.




Darryl
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  1. Shelley PierceJune 22, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    I was wondering if you would be interested in a guest blogging opportunity with Gardening Know How? If so, please e-mail me at:
    shelley AT gardeningknowhow.com

    Thanks.

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