2 Girls & their Goats

01/09/2026

26/08/2026

Good morning 🌄 everyone

We would love your input please.
We have been asked to nominate areas that are infested with w**ds in the Murrindindi area.
As you travel around, it would be great if you could take note of places that the goats could come in and clear up in their effective and natural way and drop us a line.
Particularly, on side roads, near/on waterways etc.
Thank you for your support, have a great day
Love Melinda, Emerald and the boys
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

13/08/2026

🐐 Who needs heavy equipment when you've got a herd of hungry goats?

Believe it or not, cities, utility companies, and even parks are putting goats to work as natural vegetation managers. Their love for brush and woody plants helps clear overgrowth, reduce wildfire fuel, and control invasive species—all while avoiding the noise, fuel, and emissions of traditional machinery.

💬 Would you rather see goats or a mower tackling overgrown land? Tell us in the comments, and tag someone who'd get a kick out of seeing goats on the job!

07/08/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HFqmgAqm6/

Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.

Read here: https://ab.co/4xnJkp5

24/07/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ENkyTFQBS/

California has a wildfire problem. It's trying to solve part of it with goats.

A herd of 400 goats and sheep has been deployed across 180 acres of northeast Fresno near Woodward Park, tasked with eating their way through one of the state's most dangerous wildfire accelerants - yellow star thistle.

This invasive w**d is particularly nasty. Its spiny flowers crowd out native plants, it spreads aggressively, and by summer it dries into dense, highly flammable fuel that acts like kindling when fire reaches it. Dense patches can accelerate a blaze dramatically while destroying pollinator habitats in the process.

The goats don't care about any of that. They just eat it - spines and all.

Crucially, they also eat the seeds, which means future generations of the w**d never get established. They leave behind nutrient-rich manure that improves soil health. They navigate steep, rocky terrain that mowing equipment can't reach. And they do all of this without chemicals, without heavy machinery, and without compacting or disrupting the soil.

The eight-week operation is managed by the Sierra Resource Conservation District and the City of Fresno. Once the herd finishes, conservationists will plant native grasses, shrubs, and trees to build long-term ecological resilience in the area.

These animals won't stop a wildfire. But they create buffer zones that slow advancing flames and give firefighters critical extra time.

Sometimes the lowest-tech solution is the smartest one.

20/07/2026

20/07/2026

https://c.org/vT7C52zrwL

Tell the APVMA: Don't Increase Pesticide Residues on Aussie Berries!

13/07/2026