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Biological Lawnmowinq
Our backyard in suburban Melbourne is severely overgrown. Grasses,
weeds, etc. Is borrowing, or hiring, a goat or two, a viable thing? Does anybody offer such a service? Sincerely, Xor |
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Xoreth wrote:
Our backyard in suburban Melbourne is severely overgrown. Grasses, weeds, etc. Is borrowing, or hiring, a goat or two, a viable thing? Does anybody offer such a service? Isn't there a rent-a-pet service or something similar. Aaah, some guy rents out chooks, I think. He might do goats. Of course, my understand is that goats only work when you have absolutely nothing of value. If you want to keep something, they dutifully eat it first {:-). You might be better to buy a feral goat form somewhere, put it in your back yard and let it go when finished with it. Urbanised/farm goats will probably be fussy eaters. |
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Biological Lawnmowinq
Xoreth writes:
Our backyard in suburban Melbourne is severely overgrown. Grasses, weeds, etc. Is borrowing, or hiring, a goat or two, a viable thing? If you are in an outer suburb you might stand a better chance of procuring a couple of sheep. They will make a dent in long grass provided it's a type they'll eat. Are there any sheep farmed around the outskirts of Melbourne? Wandering dogs might be a problem for both sheep and goats, so you'd need a good fence. Owners of goats may be reluctant to lend goats. Ditto for sheep, I suppose. The sheep will need to be suburban trained; taken straight out of a farm mob they will baa all the time and seriously disturb the neighbourhood and probably not eat. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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John Savage wrote:
Xoreth writes: Our backyard in suburban Melbourne is severely overgrown. Grasses, weeds, etc. Is borrowing, or hiring, a goat or two, a viable thing? If you are in an outer suburb you might stand a better chance of procuring a couple of sheep. They will make a dent in long grass provided it's a type they'll eat. Are there any sheep farmed around the outskirts of Melbourne? Wandering dogs might be a problem for both sheep and goats, so you'd need a good fence. Owners of goats may be reluctant to lend goats. Ditto for sheep, I suppose. The sheep will need to be suburban trained; taken straight out of a farm mob they will baa all the time and seriously disturb the neighbourhood and probably not eat. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) The trouble with both sheep and goats is the way they graze: they crop the grass right down to the soil (that's why they have that useful little slit in their upper lips, BTW...) What about a nice little pony? Surely someone in your area has an evil little Sh!tland you could borrow? Thing is, don't let any animal graze exclusively on large amounts of new green grass - they can get colic and pass away in a pretty horrendous fashion from it! My sister borrowed a friend's goat to crop her back lawn. The goat didn't fancy her grass and instead ate her roses and several pairs of underpants from the clothesline. It also ate clothes pegs and made an herculean attempt on a bike inner-tube! Goats climb and this one climbed up onto the roof of the bike shed and spent its mornings bleating loudly and piteously to its friend, who was tethered five doors down. This project failed miserably and the goat (name of Gloria) went home in ignominy! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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