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Re: Goat Grazing by Amazon

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Post by Roedou » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

I'm holding out to see this combined with their drone delivery program.

Re: Goat Grazing by Amazon

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Post by squidbot » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 6:10 PM UTC

brwnll wrote: post #15

gesman wrote: post #8

April fools joke released 1 day early.

I don't know if this is a "thing" nationwide. But hiring/renting goats is a fairly common thing in the Seattle area as they will eat back large amounts of difficult to remove brush. They are particularly useful here because there are large amounts of protected "wetland" scattered throughout the area. This means you aren't legally allowed to bring in heavy machinery to modify the landscape. You are though, allowed to…

+1 not an April Fools joke. I rented a few goats to clear a big section of invasive blackberry in my backyard. Goats are pretty much the only way to get rid of the horrible stuff without nasty chemicals and scratching the hell out of yourself. I'd been battling the blackberry for 10 years. Two weeks of goats over two spring seasons and the stuff hasn't come back.

Re: Goat Grazing by Amazon

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Post by thwarted » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 6:40 PM UTC

brwnll wrote: post #15

gesman wrote: post #8

April fools joke released 1 day early.

I don't know if this is a "thing" nationwide. But hiring/renting goats is a fairly common thing in the Seattle area as they will eat back large amounts of difficult to remove brush. They are particularly useful here because there are large amounts of protected "wetland" scattered throughout the area. This means you aren't legally allowed to bring in heavy machinery to modify the landscape. You are though, allowed to…

I've used a goat service to clean up my backyard in San Francisco. There's a time lapse of it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxvsQOAI48 where you can mainly just see the goats moving around.

Re: Goat Grazing by Amazon

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Post by m_coder » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 6:55 PM UTC

Is there any way to get involved in providing this service? I didn't see any quick links.

Re: Goat Grazing by Amazon

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Post by m_coder » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 11:40 PM UTC

m_coder wrote: post #24

Is there any way to get involved in providing this service? I didn't see any quick links.

I contacted them via the "feedback" form and got a call within an hour. This service is apparently offered to the Seattle region only. I wish I had a bunch of goats to go. :)