Ewes-full: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns

[longknife]

April 5, 2013, Associated Press

France Sheep Lawnmower

In this photo dated Thursday, April 4, 2013, sheep used in replacement of lawn mowers graze the lawns at a truck warehouse at Evry, south of Paris. Paris is enlisting the help of a small flock of sheep to keep the city’s grass trim to replace gas-guzzling lawnmowers. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

PARIS (AP) — Will the future see flocks of sheep baaing beneath the Eiffel Tower and bleating by Notre Dame cathedral?

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Way back when, I was stationed in Germany and a small Air Force station not far away had a 9-hole golf course. They never mowed the rough, waiting until Fall to bring in a flock of sheep to mow it down. The same thing at a course in Austria. Perhaps the Parisians are finally catching up.

 

[Mr. H.]

Who cleans up the poop?

 

[Old Rocks]

Why should they? Free non-toxic fertalizer.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

There are a few companies that offer this service around here.

You call them up, and they bring a bunch of sheep to your property to mow the grass, or goats if you need to clear brush.

 

[Mr. H.]

Why should they? Free non-toxic fertalizer.

Onna golf course?