Comments on: The Answer is: Goats?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:57:50 +0000

It’s not Kudzu, but LA’s in on the goat trend . . .
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-goats9-2008sep09,0,6924047.story?track=rss

By: abelard

abelard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:18:30 +0000

I’m from Boulder, and they use goats to trim the grass along major streets (Foothills, for those of you who know Boulder…). I think its great…and it beats the chain gang.

By: emilyk

emilyk — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:40:40 +0000

I’ve wondered that too, Paula. I should ask–I work at ASC!

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:36:18 +0000

Agnes Scott used to have goats to eat the vegetation around their retaining pool. We loved to go visit them. I don;t know why they got rid of them.

By: new

new — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:54:15 +0000

you know you can eat Kudzu…maybe some of the resturants downtown should start putting it on their menu…

Talk about locally grown!

By: runswithdogs

runswithdogs — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:20:48 +0000

Can someone explain to me how goats will be more “environmentaly friendly”? Let’s see, you feed a farm animal a high-fiber diet of Kudzu. What do you think the result will be? Are they going to install little goat-sized composting porta- potties?

No, it will wash down into the creek. Along with their commonly-carried goodies like giardia and cryptosporidium.

But wait! Maybe we can hit ‘em with some antibiotics (or whatever works) before putting them to work– so those can end up in the creeks too!

My vote is for Roundup. At least we know it works and is rendered inactive once it hits soil. And the sooner the better– while we still have some trees left there.

By: new

new — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:58:46 +0000

I knew someone who had a goat once….ate EVERYTHING! might be a good solution.