Hardworking hooligans.

We have a herd of 13 brush goats at Slow Farm, and the farm straight up wouldn’t function without them! Locally the term “brush goats” refers to hardy mutt goats who, you guessed it, thrive on eating brush. Breed-wise, this herd has just about everything mixed in: Nubian, Alpine, Kiko, Toggenburg, Nigerian, Boer, and doubtlessly more we don’t know about. Our goats’ main job is to eat: they are the first wave of attack in our land regeneration work on the farm. The goats go in and clear brush, vines, tree limbs, and weeds from about 6 feet and down, creating space for grasses and desirable plants to grow. They have transformed almost every tree line on the top half of the property with their ravenous appetites. It’s pretty awesome. Plus they are loves and a joy to have around (when they aren’t jumping on cars and smashing windshields or stealing Amazon packages from the porch and eating the cardboard boxes and dumping our purchases who knows where). So a shout out to Toots, Goatzilla, Maple, Mackey, Pebnub, Remy, Romy, Fergal, Felix, Monty, Mergal, Whoopsie and Daisy— the happiest and naughtiest landscapers we ever met!