Mark Powers' Goat Photography

View the start of Mark's career as a goat photographer

These steps seem to be the goats newest favorite hangout. If they're not eating, odds are they're stacked up on these steps taking a power nap.

"You gotta date next Wednesday instead!"

Future Site of LEED Certified Platinum Goat La Quinta

I ran out of daylight/motivation this evening after choosing this particular spot for the new goat shelter's future site. But before throwing in the towel, I rolled four 30" logs into place and relocated the old shelter's cinder blocks. I'll recruit Scott to help out with some grunt work, so it should be hospitable by tomorrow. And look something like this.

To the immediate right and left of the pictures borders are two huge magnolias. It's obvious that their combined canopies keep the ground relatively dry. And those leaves should last through winter. There'll be a palette under there as well to keep the sleeping quarters above ground.

Also, because we here at the Dougie House are forward thinking folk, I'm interested in locating and designing the temporary shelter with the idea in mind to turn it into a compost pile on down the road. The goats are certainly doing their part in spreading some fresh fertilizer all over the yard, but if we ever wanted to use the free Miracle Grow Goat Manure for next year's peppers and tomatoes, we'd be out of luck. So, if there's a way to concentrate the goat turds in an area, I figured it'd make things easier. Wouldn't take a second to remove the roof and roll a few more logs around to make the framework of an easy compost pile.