In various countries worldwide, there are a growing number of people who have been turning toward alternative lawncare services that include renting goats, sheep, or donkeys, to come and take care of your lawn maintenance needs.
For the business owner, their goats, sheep, and donekys, get to essentially eat for free and this helps to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars, depending on the scale of the operation. All they need when they show up is water.
For the clients, they are getting a fun and environmentally-friendly way of keeping up with their lawns; removing invasive and unwanted plants. The droppings are also considered to be all-natural fertilizer.
Unlike many conventional landscaping methods that are used today, this option comes without any chemicals, gas, or herbicides being used to get the job done.
They might not be the fastest option however, as one goat herder H. Lombard from Maine admits, the goats are able to cover roughly a quarter to one third of an acre in a week.
Even though it might not be the fastest option or most convenient for everyone, the goatscaping demand is growing.
You can find goats wandering around various parks, yards, and fields, not only in the US today but in other countries as well, carrying out their landscaping duties.
However, not everyone has been happy with their results. One one occasion, a city public works operations manager admitted that their goat operation went south after the goats ended-up consuming native plants and allegedly damaging hazelnut and maple trees in the area. It's also alleged that it had cost them a great deal more than it would if they had gone their usual route. After those results, they said that they wouldn't be opting for that method again and would resort back to their traditional method of either mowing or using inmate labor.
It's clear though that there are many who are happy with the services that the various goatscaping businesses out there today are providing. Whether it's doing maintenance at a golf course, airport, or solar farm, it's interesting to see how this trend is growing and capturing the interest of so many.
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I love goats. I wouldn't mind having them in my yard.
There is an article today that talks about how goats respond to and approach photos of happy faces. It said they have very sophisticated minds to interpret their environment. It might pay to smile at your goatscapers!
just searched for it to find out a bit more, that's interesting, thanks for sharing!
@doitvoluntarily goats are very effective for this work, since it eats everything it finds, in Argentina, it is widely used in large fields for the maintenance of weeds
Thank you very much for letting us know this information
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wuao everything is ingenia celas for the owner of the goats is very good because it charges to rent it and they return it fed and for the person that the rent also has its benefit since it keeps his patio clean he je me stand a great idea, also the goats are very good for milking since their milk does not contain fat here in my country they are looking for it, since there is a shortage of formula milk and that is another option
This is really a great idea and hope that many people will implement it in all countries. It is good for the people, for the environment and for the animals.
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In other words, that's awesome.
Nice picture gots I love gots colors
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