Goats for vegetation control

memorystick

The lane up to my yard is 400 metres in off the road. It’s all hardcore with a drain on one side for over half of it. I’m sick of spraying it every year. I’m putting sheepwire along one side of it next year. I’m just wondering if I had a few goats would they be fit to keep it clean instead of spraying? I know I’m mad but shure what about it. Thanks in advance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058211656/goats-for-vegetation-control

They use goats in lots of places to clear/control vegetation, they're being reintroduced to parts of Iberia to eat down the fire loading and in Norway they graze them under power lines to control saplings.

Birdnuts

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117975873#Comment_117975873

In the news a few weeks ago about a herd of Old Irish Goats introduced to Howth Head to achieve much the same

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117977084#Comment_117977084

Trained in jiu-jitsu to apprehend any miscreant CAP recipient with matches from Dooblin

_Brian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058211656/goats-for-vegetation-control

I’d say containing them would be the hardest part.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117977925#Comment_117977925

That's why the inventor of Nofence invented it

greysides

At first glance, I thought the thread title was "Goats for vegetarian control". I thought it was a great idea. I had visions of goats butting vegetarians back into their paddocks if they strayed.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117983302#Comment_117983302

The vegans otoh would need the virtual fencing collars and their goat overlords.