Welcome to Walking With Goats, an understandably irregular column covering all the things you would expect from the title: - Guerrilla Grazing (and stories thereof) - Epistemology (from the point of view of someone who finds knowing things difficult)
Just found you on this amazing site called substack. Eager for getting to know you. Goats YEAH!! I have goat milk as my coffee creamer. Best substitute for half and half. Easier on this 75 year old gut. Great links found in just the initial read. Lovely
Thank you for such poetic, thought-provoking writing. I think you're best kind of intellectual: one who has practical, real-world experience as well (not to mention a degree of humility).
I clicked over from a promising comment you left on the 2ndsmartestguyintheworld substack, and plan to read through your other posts.
We got a lot of goats. At the moment, we got 3 nanny kids, that always want to go for a walk; when I take the dogs. Problem is, that they just want to bash the dogs up & a couple of them are terrified of them... Bubbie is the clothes eating goat & loves doing everything, that she's not allowed to do. Bobo loves licking people's legs & one time, when we went to town, she licked some unsuspecting person standing in line, at the Back O' Bourke Cafe'... Lulu is the nicest one. :) She's also the loudest & can sound like a trumpet & only a new born lamb, managed to out loud her, or maybe the really old donkeys. If you're bored, get a goat, they can entertain for hours, with pirouettes & all they do. (:
Hello!
You've sold me on the goats. I'm going to look into getting a couple. I expect homemade goat's cheese would be fabulous.
That's really kind Christina - thank you. I hope you enjoy the others. Sharing the experiences makes them worthwhile.
That's good news. The more guerrilla grazing the better. Whose commons is it anyway.
Just found you on this amazing site called substack. Eager for getting to know you. Goats YEAH!! I have goat milk as my coffee creamer. Best substitute for half and half. Easier on this 75 year old gut. Great links found in just the initial read. Lovely
Thank you for such poetic, thought-provoking writing. I think you're best kind of intellectual: one who has practical, real-world experience as well (not to mention a degree of humility).
I clicked over from a promising comment you left on the 2ndsmartestguyintheworld substack, and plan to read through your other posts.
We got a lot of goats. At the moment, we got 3 nanny kids, that always want to go for a walk; when I take the dogs. Problem is, that they just want to bash the dogs up & a couple of them are terrified of them... Bubbie is the clothes eating goat & loves doing everything, that she's not allowed to do. Bobo loves licking people's legs & one time, when we went to town, she licked some unsuspecting person standing in line, at the Back O' Bourke Cafe'... Lulu is the nicest one. :) She's also the loudest & can sound like a trumpet & only a new born lamb, managed to out loud her, or maybe the really old donkeys. If you're bored, get a goat, they can entertain for hours, with pirouettes & all they do. (:
Caring for critters is a big responsibility, as you know.
I'm working with plants for now, but am interested in chickens some day.
Goats have a lot of personality.
I raised a calf for Agriculture class (1972-1973) when I was 14-15.
I had to.
I felt resentful, then sorry for the poor calf.
I pretty much quite eating mammals after that.