Lily saw Casey checking out something in the pasture the other day.
She was quite intrigued.
In fact, she thought the little stub of a rose bush looked so nice that she wanted it for herself.
Luckily, Casey was a gentleman, and he let Lily have it.
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Your goats get very personal, you are like a Mom with eyes in the back of her head. Sees everything. I guess it won’t hurt Lily’s stomach? Was it one that you were enjoying the roses last year?
I was just telling Mrs. Jim that the next time we come to Nebr or Iowa I would like to get me a native, wild rose plant. Are they protected? If so perhaps I should get a cutting. I did that once before with a Nebr rose but it didn’t take hold. They have such pretty very light pink blossoms.
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The rose bushes in my pasture are multi-flora roses that are an invasive species. I’m glad to have the goats eat them. They like to scratch on the brambles, and they eat the little leaves. They won’t eat the thorny parts.
Somehow I never thought of goats as good sharers. This is a sweet goat story.
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Well, Casey is a sweet guy. He also went to find a cedar tree he could actually eat.
cute. 🙂
I thought they looked awfully cute out there with both of them checking out that pathetic remains of a bush.
A great goat story. Made me smile because you know we lost a great lady yesterday, Smiling Sally (DiStefano). I am going to keep as blue ups at my blog on Mondays in memory of her.
I hope you have a great week and thank you for sharing your goats with us. xo
I was an occasional participant at Blue Monday. She always seemed to be such a caring, family person. Such a shame to lose her too.
Ah! So sweet.
They do have their sweet moments.
That’s really a sweet story! I hadn’t realized you had that type of roses around. Thanks for sharing!
Multi-flora. Invasive. Good thing the goats like to eat them. My pasture is really getting cleaned of all those nasty invasive species.
It always amazes me how goats will eat anything. Anything! Ours used to eat prickly red root like it was chocolate or something!
Any brambles, nettles, thistles. Yep. Glad they do because it makes my pasture so nice and beautiful!
Awww, they are so cute. Great story. Have a happy day!
Thanks. I think they are pretty cute and sweet and fun!
Adorable!
Thanks, Andrea!
There are days when I think ‘a goat would be an asset with all these weeds!’
They really do get rid of all those nasty invasive shrubs!
You mean she ate it? I guess there were no thorns.
They very gently eat the leaves off eventually killing the bush. Then they like to scratch their horns on the remains. Occasionally, I do have one get a scratch or abscess because of the thorns.
We could have used the goats at the orchard for those old rose bushes….they are a nuisance.
They are very good at killing those invasive species.
What a gentleman! Very cool story.
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Thanks. They are sometimes nice. Mostly naughty, but sometimes they are nice.
Lily seemed to enjoy the rose a great deal.
They do seem to like beating up the remains of shrubs.
Hooray for a gentleman. We came by from the Pet Parade where you are the featured favorite today.
Thanks so much for coming to visit!
Beautiful photos. I love the warm sunny hues of the goats and grass.
visiting from warm heart wednesday.
Thanks. It was a really beautiful day out in pasture.
Love is… starting from scratch!
I always loved that Love Is… cartoon when I was growing up.
I love that the bushes are multiple purpose!
A snack and then a scratch!
Can’t get much better than that.
Thanks for warming my heart with your link to week 16.
XOXOXOXOXXO
I don’t think there will be many new leaves growing for them to snack on anymore. They do a good job of keeping them stripped, which kills off the nuisance shrubs.