Our city collects trees and
grinds them into mulch, but, who knows, using goats can be another option.
I wonder if a goat eats pine
trees in abundance if it develops pine breath the way someone develops garlic
breath. I also wonder about tinsel left on a tree. No matter how fastidious you
are about removing tinsel, there’s always one strand that hides and clings to
the tree. If you have a fake tree, next year when you remove it from the box
you’ll see the tinsel. So my question is – if a goat eats the tinsel, will it
get chewed up or will it get passed through? Something to think about.
Walking through my neighborhood
today I saw both Christmas wreaths and decaying pumpkins decorating front
porches, which brings me to my next question. If goats eat trees, can they eat
pumpkins? That would be a good way to dispose of them. Our state zoo feeds
pumpkins to the elephants – doesn’t matter the size or the freshness. I watched
as zookeepers tossed pumpkins at the elephants that scooped them up with their
trunk and ate the whole thing. They didn’t bother roasting the seeds. The crunching
was loud enough for all spectators to hear. Now that’s a digestive tract to be
proud of. My last question – if elephants eat pumpkins, are they capable of
eating trees and if they eat tinsel does it get chewed up or passed through? That’s
something I definitely don’t want to think about.