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"Slam" Duncan and Dora's Most Recent Contributions to the Cause

Big Dougie Shoutout to neighbors Dunc' and Dora for their generous donations of 3 antiquated and disfigured landscaping tools:

• Rusty and undoubtedly unsafe, those loppers are still every privet bush's (and my appendages') worst nightmare.
• The newest gift, our bent pitchfork, has definitely seen better days. But I'd put money on my Grandpa being able to fix it. So it may be useful yet.
• Those old school wire cutters are money. We had some dinky ones from one of the guys' tool kits. Probably a graduation gift. All they did was wear my arms out. These guys, on the other hand, slide through hog wire like butter, making my life so much easier.

Dora's even hooking up the goats with the occasional treat of a Ginger Lily plant from her yard. She says they slurp down the long, lanceolate leaves all at once. Pretty impressive.

"Eyeball to Eyeball"

John Abraham laying the wood to Digby

While working on a new fencing solution to keep the goats off the deck, I heard Digby and Johnny A going at it on the bridge. I snapped a few action shots but only this one comes close to giving justice to the intensity and sheer bloodlust. There were some serious head butts and even a few flying kicks out of Johnny's corner. Almost knocked Digby into the creek. He's easily the baddest mutha on the block.

Goat Grub

Goat Food Fit for Nobility

Just purchased this bag of goat feed from Tractor Supply. If you're like me and way too interested in goat nutrition and weight gain, you can check out more details here. It comes in a pellet form, and the goats seem to think it's delicious.

It's a 5o pound bag, and I'm only giving each goat 2.5 solo cups full per day. So we'll see how long this goat grub lasts. Once they go through the whole thing, I would think it'd be close to slaughtering time. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there...