We used to live in the SF Bay area. There were a number of nice parks that we liked to walk in in the summer evenings and even during the day during the winter rainy season.
Then, to save money the county brought in goats to do the grass mowing and brush control in early summer each year. Well, it turns out that a herd of goats will turn an 18" high stand of grass into 2" or 3" of goat poop spread rather evenly over the ground.
People driving by and looking at the hillside think it is nicely mowed and close cropped. If you get out of your car and actually walk on the "ground" you discover that you are walking in a sea of little goat berries. Pretty disgusting for anyone who actually wants to use the park instead of just looking at it.
And the best is yet to come, for when the rains start, the goat berries reconstitute into a sea of mushy goat poop.
The goats made the park land completely unusable.
Sounds like too many goats.
Sounds like the county saved on fertilizer for the park as well.
The land next door was kept down by goats. You would walk out to your car in the morning and there were three goats standing on the hood. They did an awesome job, though. At least if you don’t walk around I guess. Never noticed inordinate fecal output, ha. I was glad they were there because they kept the ticks down too. I always though I would rather have these goats than brushhogs & tractors in the evening.
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