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Good Goats Make Good Neighbors

Civil Eats

Lawn mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, tractors, and trimmers can all spark a wildland fire if used during the wrong time of year,” Garrett says. In rural Mariposa County, where many large, historic ranches have been replaced by smaller residential parcels that can easily get overgrown, Happy Goat provides help.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

Sweetland opted for a new four-wheeler instead of a tractor, for example, and most work on the bushes is done by hand. Bushes with more leaves require more pruning, Calderwood said, noting that the shaded areas also saw lots of weeds and a high incidence of disease. “At It’s a whole different world.”

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