because everyone loves a picnic!
I dragged some freshcut branches to the upper paddock this morning.
Black birch: always a crowd favorite!
Each branch puts out many lateral side-branches,
so if a big branch is hung on a fence,
goats on both sides have equal access to lots of leaves.
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| Betula |
Wildlife note:
moose also love black birch (Betula lenta).
I recall a natural resources debate about the reason for this,
and I stand firmly by my theory:
moose want minty-fresh breath.
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| Vinca |
Goats are very particular about which leaf they wish to eat.
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| Acer |
Very, very particular.
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| LeShodu |
Even the babies:
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| Azalea and her mama, Lily of the Valley |
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| Dara and his mama, LeShodu |
Of course, in the snap below,
Betula is reaching for a leaf on Lily's side of the fence,
and vice versa.
Naturally.
My fault.
I don't know what I was thinking,
distributing All The Best Leaves
on the Other Side.
I apologize for the quality of these pictures.
They are like not-really-very-good family holiday snaps
where a fuzzy subject is also half out of the frame.
I was mostly holding the camera over my head
and optimistically shooting down through the foliage.
9 out of 10 images looked like this:
But just in case you've never been to a goats' picnic before,
I wanted to invite you to this one.
Go on, nibble a twig.
Minty-fresh breath isn't just for moose!
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