Goatness

Goats are coming, goats are coming.

Half my land is choked with vegetation, including some wild rose vines that will climb and then smother trees (like kudzu). It's so thick you can't see through it, which means that I can't use half my lot.

So, I've contracted with the Goat Lady to bring 4-5 goats, plus goatherder, to eat everything that's not nailed down. It'll take about five days. Goats will happily eat poison ivy, too. And they don't reseed in their shit. Seems that their stomachs are acid factories so seeds don't survive intact, unlike in horse and cow shit.

After that's done, I'll be able to tell where the lot line is and where I want to place my dwelling. Speaking of which, I think I've found what I want to buy for me to live in -- it's an Amish-built "cottage" (meant for storage) shed, 12x24 (288sf) that comes fully insulated with 3 windows and wired for electricity. All I'd need to do is plumb it.

What I'd like to do is build a deck of 24x24 and then put the shed on top of the deck, automatically getting the shed off the ground while leaving workspace underneath and providing an outdoor space to hang out on.

There's trees ringing the whole space so very little direct sunlight get in, except right where the extant mobile home is, which would suit me fine.

We'll see how it all goes. After I get my dwelling (of whatever kind) situated, I'll be selling my RV (sob).