D.C. communities use sheep to mow lawns



A group of people in the Washington, D.C., area are turning to herds of sheep to mow their lawns instead of using gas-guzzling lawn mowers and noisy weed whackers. NBC News’ Gary Grumbach has the story.Β 

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24 comments

  1. The moral of the story – we feed them, they feed us – hmmmm, tasty.

  2. Keep an aye on anyone wearing their pants tucked in their Boots around them Sheep.

  3. CA has been doing this (goats also) in river parkways and other high fire risk areas for around 30 years.

  4. Cows make great lawn mooers.

  5. also they have natural fertilizer

  6. In no time thugs will be shooting them for fun

  7. The will eat the weeds and grass

  8. Nice. Here in NZ too, sometimes, likw in our case, we use cows. Heaps.of them πŸ˜‚

  9. A person offered 4 goats to mow down my mother’s backyard when things became too overgrown. With all the briars I said no.

  10. Bringing back a more peaceful time!!! How wonderful β€πŸ˜ŠπŸ’–β™₯ and soooooo cute!!! β€πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ’–πŸ’— And, so much better than those horrid weed killing chemicals!!!! Sure hope this becomes a trend!!! πŸ’šβ€πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ’–πŸ’—πŸ’š

  11. THERE VIEWERS ARE MOWING LAWNS?πŸ€”

  12. Like my horse and goat have my acres covered. I had a flock of sheep, too much.

  13. Stupidity she put grass up by the roots

  14. Weve got a mobile goat service here just outside of Boston that people absolultely love.

  15. Awesome πŸ˜‰πŸ˜ƒ

  16. β€œHave you HERD the sheep” πŸ€¦πŸΎβ€β™‚οΈ

  17. im going to feel bad that the sheep might die… sometimes theres chemicals in the lawn…

  18. "Duh" says every other country in the world that already does this.

  19. πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰awesome

  20. It's a mower & a fertilizer at the same x

  21. Lamb mowers.. I love it

  22. why do you think every old school farmer has a goat in his front yard?