The goats munching their way through poison ivy and other weeds at Dorchester Park are supposed to stay behind some fencing as they work/eat, but as Rachel Greenhaus noticed today, a couple seem to have escaped and were on their way to colonizing one of the tennis courts.
The Dorchester Reporter reports how students at the Kenny Elementary School raised $200 to help pay for goats to return to Dorchester Park and munch on poison ivy and other weeds.
The Dorchester Reporter alerts us: Goats are returning to Dorchester Park tomorrow to help in the fight against poison ivy and other weeds - by eating them.
The Dorchester Reporter alerts caprine fans that some goats will be hoofing it to Dorchester Park, possibly on Friday, to provide some quality artisanal weeding - similar to what goats have done in the Arnold Arboretum and along the Neponset in Hyde Park.
A brush fire reported in Dorchester Park behind Carney Hospital around 3:45 a.m. went to one alarm before it was contained because of the difficulty firefighters had getting to the blaze, the Boston Fire Department says.
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