Originally posted by WRIC ABC 8News RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — If you were near the University of Richmond on Wednesday, you probably noticed goats enjoying lunch on the campus. It wasn’t because a farmer lost their herd — they were there as part of an environmentally friendly landscape management initiative. Read more…
Originally posted by the Richmond Times Dispatch Around 40 goats trotted around the Azalea Garden at Bryan Park in Richmond on Tuesday afternoon, munching on kudzu leaves as they followed the sounds of claps coming from volunteers. The goats are clearing a bed for azaleas to bloom next spring. The Read more…
Originally posted by JRPS Invasive Plant Task Force The JRPS Invasive Task Force recently enlisted professional help with battling invasive plant cover, primarily wintercreeper vines and Chinese privet shrubs, at Huguenot Woods Flatwater, the westernmost unit of the James River Park System. Twenty-one goats and sheep plus “watchdonkey” Ruth Ann from RVA Goats were stationed for Read more…
Originally posted at NBC12 by Karina Bolster. We later determined that it was a deer running into the fence that knocked it over. Luckily it told it’s friends and the fence remained intact for the rest of the job. Check out the link to see the video. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) Read more…
Originally posted in University of Richmond news Students at the University of Richmond enter into their final week of classes this week, but for one group of kids, their assignment is just beginning. On the heels of Earth Day, the university welcomes its second herd of goats to campus to Read more…
Originally posted at WTVR RICHMOND. Va. — Put away the herbicide and hire herbivores! Goats are an effective, cost efficient, and sustainable method to get your landscape back under control. Kristi Orcutt, owner of RVA Goats, is simply amazing. She has such a big heart for the environment, animals, and people. Read more…
Originally posted in Style Weekly by Jackie Kruszewski Not the worst gig a goat can get. Three goats at Pony Pasture are taking a break in the shade Saturday while they wait for their first course of winter creeper to settle. Eating such invasive plants helps demonstrate their prowess at Read more…
Originally posted by Rex Springston in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on November 16, 2015 Kristi Orcutt often carries her work home with her. Sometimes her work sits on the couch and watches TV with her. Orcutt, 50, raises goats, which she hires out as living weed whackers for places being overtaken Read more…
By Jonah Holland originally posted at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on January 14, 2015 I thought you’d enjoy this video of 9-day old Solstice is showing off her stuff last week on the hillside behind the Conservatory — scroll down to see it! Earlier this week she took her first bite of solid Read more…
Originally posted on 5/6/2012 by Donna C. Gregory in the Chesterfield Observer As a kid, honeybees fascinated county beekeeper Ken Woodard. He’d catch honeybees in his yard while growing up in Georgia and then put them in jars with pieces of blooming clover, hoping they’d make honey. Later as an adult, Read more…