FlockWorks

Guided Goat Grazing
2023 our 10th year!

Since 2013 we have been working with goats to manage and clear overgrown land. Our goats are on pasture year round and are raised and bred to be the very best at managing and reducing unwanted vegetation, invasive plants and weeds of all types. It brings joy to work with our goats and we look forward to sharing them, and their labor with you!  

Why Goats?

"An ecologically responsible, cost-competitive, and socially engaging alternative for managing all kinds of land in and around the Cumberland Valley, PA region. We (primarily) use goats."

The Cumberland Valley in South Central PA is a beautiful area: trout streams, valleys and mountains, rolling hillsides, historically fertile soil and lots of plant-supporting sunlight. Unfortunately, like most places, the Cumberland Valley has its share of overgrown and underutilized properties. Invasive plants, not native to the area, like multiflora rose and honeysuckle, and invasive trees, such as buckthorn and tree-of-heaven, are able to swiftly take over native vegetation and make large portions of land unusable. They also act as anchoring points for further ecological loss of adjacent properties.

By definition, overgrown properties are challenging to manage. Besides the often impenetrable vegetation, there can be steep terrain, ground bees, poison ivy, hidden hazards, and water features that make using human labor and machines very difficult and cost prohibitive.

FlockWorks is grateful to be able to offer an ecologically responsible, cost-competitive, and socially engaging alternative for managing all kinds of land in and around the Cumberland Valley, PA region. We (primarily) use goats.

To manage, and even begin to restore your land, goats are very often the best, first step in the management of overgrown land. Goats are created to function like four-legged brush-cutters and defoliate (nearly) everything from as high as 6 feet up, down to about the height of a goat's knees. Goats have no problem with steep terrain and unusual obstacles, and love thick brush that we humans usually wouldn't even consider going into. Once we fence your target areas and bring in the goats, they are focused on defoliating leaves and tender new growth of nearly everything that they can reach. It is hard to overstate what goats can do.

Goats are an especially attractive option when clearing steep, rough, swampy, or otherwise difficult areas that would prove to be obstacles and hazards to human crews with herbicides or motorized equipment.

Goat Advantages

(And there are more...These are just the highlights.)
No Herbicides! 

Nearly all (95%) of all herbicides do not reach their intended destination! They all end up in our water and food supply eventually.

Environment Friendly 

Goats don't pollute.  In fact, their work improves the land and the microbiome of the soil.  Weeds are often a result of poor soil health and conditions. 

Natural

Invasive plants are generally very high on the goat's favorite list, which means they tend to get proportionately more of the goat's attention. 

Value

Generally, if it can't be mowed readily with traditional equipment, goats save you dollars.  If the terrain is steep or treacherous, goats hardly even notice. 

Deep and Wide Educational Website

There is more to this site than meets the eye! There are dozens of pages to potentially learn from. Take time to go through and learn as much as you wish about FlockWorks and our goats! The site map can be useful for anyone who really wants to dig deep in, but hitting the core, pages linked in the menu should be all that you need to decide if goats are right for you. 

Mailing Address:

PO Box 207
Roxbury, PA 17251


Physical Address: 
11777 Forge Hill Road
Orrstown, PA 17244


Contact:

Email: info@FlockWorks.us 
Phone: (717) 417-8683
(You can also text us.) 

Links:
Site Map (90+% Rebuilt)
  • Hire Goats (Goat Rental Directory: Find other Goat Rental Companies.)
  • GoatWorks (Learn to manage your own goats similarly.) 
  • Historical FlockWorks Website

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