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or sheep (a few) to graze this little pasture. No takers. Now they're looking for 1 horse. They've been at it for about 2+ weeks. Sounds like a lonely life for a horse. Probably could have weed whacked it a couple of times already instead of waiting for a hit on their ad. Maybe it will be some marginal pheasant cover come this fall and winter...
https://siouxfalls.craigslist.org/zi...247367140.html
They're not even very right about being so great for the horse or goats. Like, it'll do but it's hardly some horse food heaven.
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We had a horse over on the mainland. Fella was there for like 25 years.
He recently passed, lots of tourists were upset. Families grew up seeing that horse.
That horse never seemed lonely tho. I never stopped to ask him sadly. Farmer/folks that owned him lived on the other side of the highway. Believe they took him back home every night tho, an no need to worry over traffic. After 7pm on the mainland coming to the sandbar you don't see much in the way of traffic. Many times I've driven back from va at 7 or 8, an not see but a couple cars before hitting the bridge to the sandbar. Course those cars were usually cops, but hey..it was cars!
Good horse. He's missed by thousands of tourists who've descended upon my sandbar for the last 25 years or so.
An a goat to cut back on mowing. You may be on to something there. Plus I'd have the added benefit of having a goat to piss off my neighbors.
Sirscrapalot - An the famous Mr. Ed. - That guy who wrote the song to Mr. Ed.
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Looks like good grazing for horses.
Many small pastures like that in this old farm town. homeowners around here get $1 a bale to have someone come hay the field.
There ain't nothing wrong with an honest days work. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.- Old Man
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They may still find someone with small enough haying equipment to come in and do an 1+ acres of grass around here. Then again, most hay here is done with big round bales so just an acre may not be worth the time and hassle to go do a couple of bales. We'll see how long they keep the ad up...
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Goats are not great grazers. Unlike sheep, which eat from the top down, goats tend to feed from knee-height and move upward. If you have a bramble patch which needs clearing, they are ideal because they will cut away to pretty much orchard specs, leaving a well-defoliated underbrush while passing on things like blackberries that you can enjoy. But they don't mow very well and they will eat established trees so actually putting one in a cherry or peach plantation will usually result in maimed trees and shaggy grasses. And their gross-looking octopus eyes will haunt your nightmares, too.
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Tread carefully Breakage.
The Goat is watching. Always Watching.
Sheep...pfft.
Sirscrapalot - "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the GOATS of war" - Julius Caesar, if he had had goats.
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Nothing clears woods better than a horse.. well maybe an excavator. 3 or 4 years from woods to stumps, then put in the pigs.
We have a lot of small farms in this area most of the bigger farms are to the north and south where the terrain is less mountainous. large hayfields are a premium, and still full of obstacles.
I know of two people who would put there horses in if the grass was good and it was here.
Think my neighbor said $30 a day for two horse if you bought all your feed
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