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@jimhd Well, wonder if I could tie out a goat or two on the hill on our north side. We are going to ty to stop the onslaught of wild blackberries. Yes, they make a great cobbler, but the species is so invasive! I want to eventually terrace out that side and create something.
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@gingerw That's one good reason to have a goat - they keep the blackberries from taking over the world, and will eat and eradicate poison oak.
We bought our house with the plan to rent it out until I retired, ten years in the future. "The best laid plans of men..." I was ordered by my doctor to retire two years later instead of the ten we had intended. As soon as we bought the house we got a travel trailer and hooked it up to the utilities, and while the house was being rented, the trailer was our motel room. Our renter was a veterinarian and had a pygmy goat and horses and various pets. The goat and one of his dogs would play together for hours. It was fun to watch.
Jim
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Aww, @ginger, my dad used to grow blackberries and my mom made the best cobblers with them! I'm a bit jealous because I can't get them to continue here. Have various varieties of strawberries lining the edges of two large flower flowing bed lines and they make at different times so keep me well supplied in season.