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Old 08-13-2009, 11:50 PM   #1
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Aug 14, 2009: Boeing's Grifftopia

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey...
but goats eat every damn thing they can reach.

Boeing's Renton, WA, plant had acres of undeveloped land, overgrown with blackberry briars, weeds and saplings.
Clearing that mess would be an expensive, labor intensive job... or take a lot of really nasty chemicals.
The solution was to hire a herd of 120 goats.


(Marian Lockhart photo.)

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Goats are capable of eating an enormous amount; the herd worked in acre-sized plots
over approximately three weeks, clearing each acre in approximately four to five days.

(Marian Lockhart photo.)

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Goats also thoroughly remove all debris -- seeds, seed pods, grasses, branches, bark, stems --
effectively controlling brush, tree suckers, and weedy trees such as alder and poplar.
According to Dunakin, goats' digestive process sterilizes weed seed pods, so there is no danger
of them being passed through the digestive tract and re-rooting in the soil.

Even the birds benefit;
as the goats lazily munch their way across the lot they stir up bugs that the birds love to eat.
Sometimes being politically and environmentally correct, is also cool.
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Old 08-14-2009, 04:45 AM   #2
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Look at the look on that goat's face!

"Eeeewwww! This tastes like crap!"
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Old 08-14-2009, 07:19 AM   #3
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Look at the look on that goat's face!

"Eeeewwww! This tastes like crap!"
"No, it tastes fine, but my buddy Fred in front of me just lifted his tail and farted."
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Old 08-14-2009, 09:29 AM   #4
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But then who had the job of going through the field after the goats and cleaning up the land mines that were left behind? Interns?
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Old 08-14-2009, 09:34 AM   #5
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Goats are so cute. I want a goat. And a cow. And a horse. And an Irish Wolfhound. And about 10 acres.
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Old 08-14-2009, 09:34 AM   #6
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What a great business plan! Someone pays you to feed your goats and then you get to sell the goat milk and such. Win, Win.
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Old 08-14-2009, 10:56 AM   #7
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blackberries, yum!
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:11 AM   #8
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Goats are cute. They are also noisy, always pushy and sometimes agressive.
They are famously hard to contain, so that when they finish your neighbor's blackberries and weeds, your roses and veggies are next.
That is when the term "chevon" takes over.
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:31 AM   #9
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Goats are cute. They are also noisy, always pushy and sometimes agressive.
They are famously hard to contain, so that when they finish your neighbor's blackberries and weeds, your roses and veggies are next.That is when the term "chevon" takes over.
I only have roses and lollipops.

Why do you hate goatness?
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:04 PM   #10
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Goat=lawnmower

Our local wastewater treatment plant has a fenced area around one of the settling ponds. Within that area, at one time or another, I've seen sheep, goats and even llamas acting as lawncare maintenance staff.
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:07 PM   #11
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MMM. Roast blackberry goat.
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:10 PM   #12
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I thought Eeeewwww's were sheep?
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:12 PM   #13
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I hear they fire frozen chickens at the windows of their planes to test the strength of the glass. Maybe they could just use the old goats instead.
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:18 PM   #14
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Our local wastewater treatment plant has a fenced area around one of the settling ponds. Within that area, at one time or another, I've seen sheep, goats and even llamas acting as lawncare maintenance staff.
I think that's great! Welcome to The Cellar MrsBug!
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Old 08-14-2009, 04:52 PM   #15
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Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey...
Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.
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