A locally-owned company is offering sheep lawn mowing services in Northampton. The advantages of sheep over fossil fuel powered lawn mowers include: the animals are usually silent; they don’t emit lung cancer-causing air pollution; they fertilize the lawn; and they produce cheese, yogurt, wool, and meat.
One hour of gas-powered lawn mowing produces as much pollution as driving a car for four hours. That’s according to:
http://environment.NationalGeographic.com/environment/green-guide/buying...
Dairy goats also work well for lawn mowing.
Best-selling books about how to raise as few as two sheep and/or goats are published by Storey, a company in western Massachusetts:
www.storey.com/book_detail.php?isbn=9781603424592&cat=Animals%20&%20Farm...
www.storey.com/book_detail.php?isbn=9781603427906&cat=Animals%20&%20Farm...
The Washington Post published an article about the Quiet Lawns project of a Vermont-based national group called the Noise Pollution Clearing House. A link to the article is at the group’s web site www.NoNoise.org
A sheep farm near Keene sells solar powered electric fences for sheep and goats, and provides expert advice:
The fences won't injure people or animals and can easily be moved and taken down for the winter.
The Northampton sheep mowing company’s web site is:
www.sites.google.com/site/davidlivelyhi/services/northampton-sheepmower
This photo of sheep is from:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MIEy1AafKcQ/TUm9niRV5xI/AAAAAAAAAaE/Y0Eq0jiFn9...
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I grew up in London after World War II. At that time Hyde Park--the big park in central London -- was entirely mown by sheep in large, moveable hurdles (fences). It was very peaceful for the sheep and we kids loved them.
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