Large P. Vivax Dig and Transplant

Cooper12 · Post by **Cooper12** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:53 am

dependable wrote:How are you going to protect new shoots from the goats? They will eat them for sure.

haha yeah goats are about the best defense for spreading bamboo. will definitely need to fence around the area where you want it

mountainbamboonut · Post by **mountainbamboonut** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:52 pm

That is why God invented hog wire and t-posts gentlemen. Since that thing is not shooting any time soon then I don't need it up this second. It will be fenced off from the goats. I'm probably going to give it a 15x15 area to grow back there and let the goats and chickens destroy anything that pops up outside of it. This will be a fun area to grow some vivax because I am watering it automatically off of the discharge from my well cycling and the soil is rich from all of the goat and chicken manure. And with maintenance free perimeter control (goats) of this planting this could be my only true hands free bamboo planting....plug and play!!

Cooper12 · Post by **Cooper12** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:48 am

mountainbamboonut wrote:That is why God invented hog wire and t-posts gentlemen. Since that thing is not shooting any time soon then I don't need it up this second. It will be fenced off from the goats. I'm probably going to give it a 15x15 area to grow back there and let the goats and chickens destroy anything that pops up outside of it. This will be a fun area to grow some vivax because I am watering it automatically off of the discharge from my well cycling and the soil is rich from all of the goat and chicken manure. And with maintenance free perimeter control (goats) of this planting this could be my only true hands free bamboo planting....plug and play!!

true I can't wait to get my goats.

mountainbamboonut · Post by **mountainbamboonut** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:58 am

Nice! What kind of goats are you getting? We love pygmies. They look super cool cruising around bamboos and they are easily contained unlike larger breeds which get out of any enclosure. We could house our pygmies with a 4 ft. high fence only and they would't get out. Plus they love bamboo foliage and shoots!

T9D · Post by **T9D** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:19 am

lol that goat photo is awesome

dependable · Post by **dependable** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:25 pm

Just curious, are the goats pets, meat, multi-purpose?

mountainbamboonut · Post by **mountainbamboonut** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:37 pm

Dependable, these particular goats are just pets/weed eaters. We had milking goats before (Nubians) which had amazing milk that tasted like the best cow's milk I'd ever had. It isn't goaty at all when it's fresh, but these two pygmies are sort of glorified pets. We are likely going to do some meat and dairy goats next year though again. Nubians for the milk and boers for the meat. I think they work amazingly (along with chickens of course) with bamboos for eating foliage or shoots and fertilizing. I can't imagine having my bamboos without the goats or chickens around actually.

Cooper12 · Post by **Cooper12** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:18 am

mountainbamboonut wrote:Nice! What kind of goats are you getting? We love pygmies. They look super cool cruising around bamboos and they are easily contained unlike larger breeds which get out of any enclosure. We could house our pygmies with a 4 ft. high fence only and they would't get out. Plus they love bamboo foliage and shoots!

I raise Spanish chickens so probably Spanish goats. they are tough and hardy haha.
I may also raise some San Clemente Island goats . hardy and endangered. may get a trio

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