Welcome to the Herd — Meet the G.O.A.T.s of The Edge Farms

The Browsing Department  •  Post 1 of 8

Our grazing program is designed to naturally manage overgrown spaces using rotational browsing goats instead of loud machinery, herbicides, or heavy disturbance to the land. While they work hard, the goats also tend to become neighborhood celebrities. Don't be surprised if neighbors begin slowing their cars down to wave at them.

Every property is different, which means every grazing project is a little different too. This blog is designed to help establish expectations before setup so the experience is smooth, safe, and enjoyable for everyone involved — including the goats.


Introductions.   Meet the Herd 🐐
Our grazing team is named after The G.O.A.T.s — the Greatest of All Time. Some of their names are:

Carmen San Diego - Beloved animated globe-trotting thief

Waldo - Elusive figure from Where's Waldo?

Andy Warhol - Iconic pop artist & cultural commentator

Hermione Granger - Brilliant witch, Harry Potter series

Ron Weasley - Loyal companion, Harry Potter series

Voldemort - She who shall not be named... The dark lord, Harry Potter series

Venus Williams - Tennis legend & trailblazer

Whitney Houston - Legendary vocalist

Prince - Musical icon & visionary artist

RJ — Romeo Junior - Romeo & Juliet's romantic legacy

Jumanji - The wild and unpredictable board game

Danika Patrick - NASCAR racing pioneer

Snickers - Beloved chocolate-peanut candy icon

Milky Way - The galaxy and the candy bar

Luna - The moon (and a beloved fictional owl)

Icarus - Mythological figure who flew toward the sun

Simpson - The most famous animated family patriarch

Maggie - The unforgettable youngest Simpson

Caitlin Clark - Basketball phenomenon

Dawn Staley - Championship coach from Philly & trailblazer

WHAT EXACTLY DO GOATS EAT?Answered by: Carmen San Diego 

Darling, I travel the world in search of the world's finest invasive vines, thorny nonsense, and overgrown brush that hasn't seen a machete since several previous administrations.
We have dined on hillsides in Yellow Springs, bramble thickets in across Chester County, and woody tangles that would make a grown landscaper weep. I consider myself a connoisseur.

We are, in the most technical sense, "browsers" — not grazers. This is a distinction that matters deeply to us. Grazers eat grasses and low ground cover. Browsers prefer shrubby, woody, leafy, thorny, and invasive vegetation at shoulder height and above.
We are less interested in neatly maintained lawns.
We are cultured.
We have standards.

Some of our specialty items include: poison ivy (honestly, zero problem for us — we are immune), Japanese knotweed, wild grape vine, autumn olive, brambles, honeysuckle, and the general botanical chaos that overtakes fence lines, hillsides, and forgotten corners of otherwise lovely properties. If it's pokey, tangled, or has been aggressively colonizing the back forty for a decade — that is our love language.
Where in the world are we going next? Wherever the best brush is, obviously.

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DO THE GOATS ENJOY THEIR JOB?Answered by: Caitlin Clark 

Okay I'm going to need you to really sit with this for a moment. The answer is deeply and profoundly yes, and I want you to understand the full extent of it.
Imagine waking up every morning and your entire purpose, your literal job, is to eat the most delicious, overgrown, thorny, tangled, invasive plant buffet that offers palatability and challenges.
Imagine being released into this buffet with your closest friends, at a pace you set, in a space that is just for you. Imagine that while you are doing this, fans come and sit nearby with beverages and watch you with genuine joy.
They cheer for you.
Imagine also that you are physically built for this. Your hooves grip terrain other creatures can't navigate. Your lips are precise enough to strip leaves from thorns without getting poked. Rumen handles plant compounds that would stop most animals cold. You are, in every biological sense, perfectly designed for exactly this moment, and you know it.

That's basically the dream. That's the job. We are outside. We are together. We are eating incredible things.
Our work has a visible, meaningful, satisfying result — land that is transformed, invasives that are managed, hillsides that can breathe again.
So yes. We enjoy it. Immensely, completely, without reservation.

Want to bring the herd to your property?   Reach out to The Edge Farms at 484-393-1148 or [email protected]
We'd love to hear about your overgrowth situation. trained 4-legged professionals will take it from there.