Friday, September 17, 2010

Goat Mowers

8th graders at a Detroit Enterprise School watching a goat "mow" the grass - The Freep
The Detroit Free Press on Friday September 17, 2010 had a story about goats and sheep being used instead of mowers and pesticides at a school, to prepare an area for a garden.  see article here
http://www.freep.com/article/20100917/NEWS01/100917042/1001/rss01

The goats and sheep came from a Ravenna, Michigan-based company called Goat Mowers. See link to their webpage here http://www.goatmowers.com/index.htm.  It's not cost-effective for a weekly urban lawn trim but a great idea for a larger brush clearing. 

We've been needing to replace our aging lawnmower to something a little bit more environmentaly friendly.  I wonder if we could use a couple of goats in Ann Arbor?  There's an ordinance that we can keep a few chickens - how about goats?

Astrid
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  1. Mad MechanicSeptember 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Can we pet the goat,can we,can we, please!

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  2. AstridSeptember 29, 2010 at 7:49 PM

    Reply: The goats look like fun. There was a 2 day minimum at $300 per day plus mileage to the house. Not the cheapest lawn mowers.

    Astrid

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