Heritage Lawn Mowin is a New York company that rents out sheep — yes, sheep — as a landscaping aid. For a small fee, Mr. Miller, whose official job title is “shepherd,” brings his ovine squad to the yards of area homeowners, where the sheep spend anywhere from three hours to several days grazing on grass, weeds and dandelions.
The results, he said, are a win-win: the sheep eat free, saving him hundreds of dollars a month in food costs, and his clients get a freshly cut lawn, with none of the carbon emissions of a conventional gas-powered mower.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/garden/sheep-lawn-mowers-and-other-go-getters.html?_r=1
Think we need to introduce this brilliant entrepreneurial green idea to the UK – anyone got any sheep to spare?
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Debbie - who has written 872 posts on My Climate Change Garden.
I am not an experienced gardener - more of an enthusiastic amateur who learns by trial and error and who is keen to "manage" the effects of shifting weather patterns on my garden.
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Sat, Nov 5, 2011
Climate Change, Lawns, American Climate Change