Irma Mitton

Thank you, Zack. Just yesterday I was considering how to start meaningful discussions around water. I live on the California coast where I am hearing more discussions around wide scale use of desalination to solve our domestic water problems. What people don’t realize is that desalination is to water what fracking is to fossil fuels — just a way to “consume” more of a precious, vital,  and limited resource because we are too lazy and profit-oriented to address the systemic problem:  a fundamental disconnect in our relationship with water. Without water, life does not exist, and yet we undervalue it, pollute it, and manipulate it without recognizing its power. Before we can restore the hydrologic balance the earth needs, as you point out, we have to get people to realize this simple fact. Thank you again and I will start by sharing your TedTalk far and wide.

I have used 48” electro net fencing for my two alpine wethers, and they just jumped right over it. But they were bottle fed and very attached to me personally (i.e., if I let them free roam they literally hang out on my back deck until I come out to play with them).

I am considering getting more goats and hoping that a larger herd will make the two boys less dependent on me. We really need more consistent brush clearing. Right now with only 2 goats on several acres, they can’t keep up and they also only eat the good stuff.

I guess there’s no definitive answer on this, but if folks on this forum would kindly give me a “yeah, you definitely need more goats” thumbs up, then I’ll feel justified in this experiment.

What do you all think?