2009/05/4
Google hires goats to mow lawn
This is a good one, and this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050400027.html
At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear weeds and brush to reduce fire hazard. This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we’ve rented some goats from California Grazing to do the job for us (we’re not “kidding”). A herder brings about 200 goats and they spend roughly a week with us at Google, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time. The goats are herded with the help of Jen, a border collie. It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.
Right… Somebody already asked the question I had though:
Anthony – May 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am PDT
Who’s gonna pick up the poop?
A very important question indeed. Maybe these goats wore diapers.
