Green Options » lawn mowing http://greenoptions.com/tag/lawn-mowing Posts tagged 'lawn mowing' Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sheep Replace Lawnmowers in Italy http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/07/sheep-replace-lawnmowers-in-italy/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/07/sheep-replace-lawnmowers-in-italy/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:26:03 +0000 Max Lindberg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/07/sheep-replace-lawnmowers-in-italy/ grazing-sheep.jpgOfficials in Turin, Italy have decided to replace city lawnmowers with 700 sheep, saving thousands of dollars in fuel costs and equipment repairs. The sheep graze in city parks, fatten up and then are sold at the end of the season.

Drivers aren’t happy as sheep are herded across roads to new grazing lands, and locals who enjoyed sitting on the grass are finding it nearly impossible, since no one is cleaning up after the sheep.

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