Comments on: Get Rid of Your Lawn Mower … Get a Goat Instead! http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mindpimp http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890747 mindpimp Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:49:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890747 Google have been doing this for a while: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html 200 goats to clear the ground around their HQ. Google have been doing this for a while: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html
200 goats to clear the ground around their HQ.

]]> By: Shen http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890690 Shen Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:47:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890690 I pestered alot about that idea for a long time now, FINNALY its taken into action I pestered alot about that idea for a long time now, FINNALY its taken into action

]]> By: Geoduck http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890602 Geoduck Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:38:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890602 Another alternative is an unpowered push-mower. No fumes, fewer breakdowns, and you get a little more exercise. Another alternative is an unpowered push-mower. No fumes, fewer breakdowns, and you get a little more exercise.

]]> By: Flux http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890489 Flux Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890489 My aunt had goats for a while, and they sure did a crappy job on the yard. The goats would skip some parts completely, leaving long whispy grass patches wherever they had problems reaching it, and then they would often chew the grass down to the dirt in their favorite spots. My aunt had goats for a while, and they sure did a crappy job on the yard. The goats would skip some parts completely, leaving long whispy grass patches wherever they had problems reaching it, and then they would often chew the grass down to the dirt in their favorite spots.

]]> By: Bonnie L. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890473 Bonnie L. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:18:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890473 They've been using goat herds for weed abatement and levee maintenance for years here in the Sacramento area. Big deal. They’ve been using goat herds for weed abatement and levee maintenance for years here in the Sacramento area. Big deal.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890464 Skipweasel Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:49:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890464 Though you /can/ toss a lawnmower onto a barbecue, they don't hold their flavour as well as a good goat, and they don't curry worth a damn. Though you /can/ toss a lawnmower onto a barbecue, they don’t hold their flavour as well as a good goat, and they don’t curry worth a damn.

]]> By: scot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890462 scot Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890462 "fortunately" “fortunately”

]]> By: scot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890461 scot Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890461 Have you ever lived downwind from a field of goats? My neighbors had a mere two of them and the stench and the flies made living near unbearable. Fortuneately, they also owned a restaurant so the goats were slaughtered (outside, on their yard) and dished out. Neighborhood complaints put and end to such tolerant multi-culturalism. Have you ever lived downwind from a field of goats? My neighbors had a mere two of them and the stench and the flies made living near unbearable. Fortuneately, they also owned a restaurant so the goats were slaughtered (outside, on their yard) and dished out. Neighborhood complaints put and end to such tolerant multi-culturalism.

]]> By: aikaik http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890452 aikaik Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:28:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890452 I imagine the methane the goats emit are actually worse for the environment than the negative ecological impact of a lawn mower. If cows are as harmful as a car, surely goats are as harmful as a lawnmower. I imagine the methane the goats emit are actually worse for the environment than the negative ecological impact of a lawn mower. If cows are as harmful as a car, surely goats are as harmful as a lawnmower.

]]> By: Katthe7th http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890449 Katthe7th Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:11:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890449 @pwscott Yeah, because the harmful fumes of a diesel-burning mowing machine are so much better... /sarcasm I think the goats are a great idea, they're quieter than mowing machines, friendlier, and I have never heard of anyone losing life or limb in a goat-related accident, unlike heavy machinery. The goat farmer gets food for their herd, the city/county gets the tall grass and weeds out of the way, everybody wins. @pwscott

Yeah, because the harmful fumes of a diesel-burning mowing machine are so much better… /sarcasm

I think the goats are a great idea, they’re quieter than mowing machines, friendlier, and I have never heard of anyone losing life or limb in a goat-related accident, unlike heavy machinery. The goat farmer gets food for their herd, the city/county gets the tall grass and weeds out of the way, everybody wins.

]]> By: OhYes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890433 OhYes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:19:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890433 Wasn't google planning to use goats on their property? And I do know that Leo from the TWIT network had goats in the past. It's a good solution to the problem. Down in Mexico, we make birria out of them. :) Wasn’t google planning to use goats on their property? And I do know that Leo from the TWIT network had goats in the past. It’s a good solution to the problem.

Down in Mexico, we make birria out of them. :)

]]> By: pwscott http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890427 pwscott Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:15:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890427 Well I'm sure the grass has to come out somewhere. I think the smell alone puts a one in the loss column. Well I’m sure the grass has to come out somewhere. I think the smell alone puts a one in the loss column.

]]> By: Noelegy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-1890423 Noelegy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:04:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/13/get-rid-of-your-lawn-mower-get-a-goat-instead/#comment-1890423 My parents live in a small Texas town. It's not quite rural, but you drive for five minutes away from their house, and you're in the country. Their house sits on about an acre of land. The backyard is filled with old cars and occasionally gets pretty overgrown. My dad borrowed two goats from my younger brother's in-laws. For some reason, the idea of borrowed goats really amused me. We kept goats for milking when I was growing up, but they hadn't had any in years, hence the need to borrow. Goats won't eat tin cans, but they definitely will keep the grass down. My parents live in a small Texas town. It’s not quite rural, but you drive for five minutes away from their house, and you’re in the country. Their house sits on about an acre of land. The backyard is filled with old cars and occasionally gets pretty overgrown. My dad borrowed two goats from my younger brother’s in-laws. For some reason, the idea of borrowed goats really amused me. We kept goats for milking when I was growing up, but they hadn’t had any in years, hence the need to borrow. Goats won’t eat tin cans, but they definitely will keep the grass down.

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