Google Rents Goats to Mow Office Lawn
At the Mountain View, CA headquarters of Google, goats have been employed as a low-carbon alternative to gasoline lawnmowers. About 200 goats are used for a week at a time to trim weeds, eat grass, and clean up brush. They also fertilize as they consume.
A border collie named Jen keeps the goats in a manageable herd. They were rented from California Grazing, a company which has 800 goats for rent (also known as weed abaters). If you need any goats in the Bay Area, operators are now standing by.
Image Credit: California Grazing
That’s pretty funny, I can see Google doing something like that, any word as to how much they get paid? LOL
What a great idea! Some of my friends are talking about getting a goat to help keep the kudzu in their yard at bay. Goats are so much cuter than lawn mowers.
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A friend of the family had a goat clean up his yard all along the fence. It was amazing to see how quickly that goat did it and how much it ate! I never forgot that. Now I would like to try it in my backyard.
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