Raising Sheep

[Bugbear]

Probably so. Just saying what a lot of the cow folk seemed to complain about. There weren't any sheep out on the graze land from what I remember, so it was probably some kind of Southwest cow lore.

I've moved on from reading up on the bighorn sheep and llamas to reading up on American bison, now, just to balance things in my head.
A supply of beast manure would be helpful around here. A miniature nanny goat might be useful, going by Pleater et al's discussion.

[Tobus]

A supply of beast manure would be helpful around here.

I have an endless supply of horse manure, free for the taking if you want to come pick it up! You'll be doing me a favor!

I usually start composting some of it around Christmas time, and it's good and ready by spring to go in my raised-bed gardens.

But admittedly, while composted horse manure is decent, "goat seeds" make a better fertilizer. I've a friend who puts only goat manure in his garden, and that man can grow anything and make it look easy.

[Bugbear]

I have an endless supply of horse manure, free for the taking if you want to come pick it up! You'll be doing me a favor!

I usually start composting some of it around Christmas time, and it's good and ready by spring to go in my raised-bed gardens.

But admittedly, while composted horse manure is decent, "goat seeds" make a better fertilizer. I've a friend who puts only goat manure in his garden, and that man can grow anything and make it look easy.

Goat seeds.
Ya, horse manure is good... stuff. The cow or bull poop tends to be a little salty or something for out here, we have a water salinity problem, though it does well for the fig trees. You have to amend with gypsum, otherwise.

Ever so often, I get a truck load of horse apples for the compost heaps. It's just that I don't have a large plot of land, so no room for large beasts.
I've heard that a lot of the weeds the goats might eat give a bad flavor to the milk, though.

MMM, goat cheese...