The local Goat Walk!!!!!! What? You don't have one?

No it's not a leisurely afternoon stroll where all the local goats meet.  This is New Jersey's first bridge of sorts for exploratory goats.  Pictures will make this easier.

The Goat Walk

This wonderful structure is located at Alstede's Farm in Chester, New Jersey.

I don't live far from here but don't make it to Chester very often.  My neighbour was running over to the farm for the BOGO plant sale (great deal)....so I decided to tag along. 

The goat walk is a recent addition to the farm, I had never heard of a goat walk before, my knowledge of a goat walk is our neighbour walking his goat Billy up and down the road (he goat napped him from a BBQ 17 years ago, and now they are best pals, he was supposed to be the main dish *true story*).

See the yellow band leading from the ground up?  That's a pulley system to feed the goats.  There are half chewed plastic cups (those goats will eat anything) for you to fill with food and hoist it up to the goats waiting at the top.

FEED ME!

How's the view from up there?

Looks like they've even eaten the fencing up there.

There's even a place to clean your hands

Check out this handsome fella

And these cuties just chilling

Meanwhile for some, the grass is always greener on the other side

They have other animals at the farm too...

The bunny that looks like he swallowed a small child, "no carrots for me, I'm stuffed"

The two headed cow

A gaggle of geese

So what seemed like a little trip to pick up some plants turned into a rather thrilling trip to the farm.  This is why I always try and remember to carry a camera!

Alstede's is a great place to visit if you are in the Chester area or close by.  This working farm has so much  to offer Farm Camp for children, pick your own fruits, the farm store has a wonderful array of fresh fruit and veg as well as home baked goods, they can host birthday parties, there's a corn maze in the fall, they run seminars such as bee keeping and tree pruning, they offer a harvest club (read more on the website), there's a blueberry pancake breakfast happening tomorrow YUMMO! and a peach harvest festival in early August, check out their website for more info.


And if you are interested in looking at more goat walks click here to view these Google images.  Milburn Orchards in Maryland looks like the most intricate (and high).