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Browsing Green Goats

Invasive species control using goats for brush removal, fire prevention, and weed abatement, Browsing Green Goats in Maryland, Virginia, Wash, DC. In many cases, you’ll find that renting a herd of goats for grazing to clear your land will cost less than other more traditional methods. This is especially the case in areas where people and machines cannot go safely. Rates are determined by the size of the area to be munched and the density of the vegetation/distance from the farm/how much clearing has to be done to put up the temporary electric fencing for the goats. No two jobs are the same. Prices range from $1,500 – $50,000 a project. Goats favorite things to eat are Poison Ivy, Kudzu, Phragmites, Knotweed, Wisteria, Oriental Bittersweet, Multiflora Rose, Japanese Honeysuckle, Reed Grass. Rent a Goat facts: -Hiring goats for grazing is not a lawn service -Goats love broad-leafed material, which means brush and invading field vegetation. -Browsing goats are very effective at eating the kinds of excessive weeds and brush that pose a risk of unwanted fires. -Goats are not only able to clear the land of weeds but also repair it by tilling the soil with their hooves and adding fertilizer the good old fashioned way. -Perfect for Government agencies versus using herbicides that your community doesn’t want. -Often, a one-time application of the goats serves primarily to clean out a certain area for the immediate future, thus making it easier to maintain from then on. -Repeated applications of goats are shorter in duration and lead to total and permanent eradication of invasive and undesirable species of vegetation typically in 3 visits. Visit the website for a phone number to call for your Goatstimate. Browsing Green Goats for rent MD, and Va.

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