We found a sweet, innocent sparrow in rigor mortis on our porch this morning. I suspect it was Garbage. I’m not pointing any fingers here, but Garbage has been lurking near that porch ever since the birds started eating the neighbor’s mulberries. Suddenly the answer to all our Garbage problems became clear: We need to get a Goat.
A) Goats eat trash.
B) We don’t have a garbage disposal in our kitchen sink.
C) Buying a baby Goat would be cheaper than having a garbage disposal installed.
D) The Goat eats our food waste (seeds, peels, grisly chicken fat, curdled milk, et cetera), then there is nothing in the trash can for Garbage to eat.
E) Garbage moves on to greener trash cans. No more trash dragged through the yard, no more growling at 3am, plus goats don’t carry rabies and kill birds. The neighborhood sparrows are safe again and Katie can sleep at night.
Like every good plan, there’s a downside. Goats eat fingers, trash and gardens indiscriminately. Maybe we’ll let Garbage hang around for a little while longer. 
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cayenne pepper … and if that fails, then momkin it’s time to bring on the sardines…Whahahaha
Gloria…, this is a good photo !
But on the plus side of having a goat-you could milk it and have goat’s milk. I am sure there has to be another upside but that’s the only one I can think of right now…