Q Alright, before we get into the logistics of this, let's talk about how you came up with this idea. How did you come up with the idea where you're like, you know what, let's, let's use goats to replace lawnmowers. Let's see if people will want goats to do this. How did, how did the idea even come to you?
A So for me, my story doesn't start with the herd. It actually starts with a hive. So I was doing some hobby beekeeping, which was a way that I felt like I could help do my part to boost pollinators and help the planet. And so I had set up some hives on some vacant land, and I needed that land cleared so that I could access the hives and build the apiary. Um, was very overgrown with brush and pricker bushes and raspberry bushes, things that people have a really hard time getting in and managing. And I knew I couldn't spray pesticides because that would kill the hives. And to bring in heavy equipment to have it cleared, the bill for that actually ended up being higher than the cost of the land itself, which blew my mind. So those two options were out for me. So I started asking fellow beekeepers, what can I do to clear this land that will be safe for the bees? And unanimously I got, oh, just, you got to run a couple goats through there, which to me was like mind boggling. This was something I did not know about. So of course I had to Google What is this deal with goats and eating brush? And I pretty much never turned back. I went down the rabbit hole, and I became very obsessed with how ideal goats really are for the plants, for the land, and then for dealing with problem plants that I was having trouble with.
AI assessment note: “I started asking fellow beekeepers, what can I do to clear this land”