The Original Lawn Mower
Amongst all the super expensive, robotic, time consuming or plain old hard work lawn mowers it's nice to know you can still get a cheap and completely automatic natural way to cut your lawn by getting a sheep, goat, cow or even a goose.
Of course there are some ups and downs to owning an animal. You need keep them happy, deathly and can't be locked in the shed when you go on holidays. But other than hand, you do get some free milk, wool, down and meat or what most of us prefer a loving pet to keep you company. All that plus quite, no petrol, no exhaust, no rust, self-starting and fertilizes grass while cutting it. It's a pretty good package, so if you can do it I would highly recommend it.
Is an sheep/cow/goat/duck for you?
- How much grass you have can determine if any of these are suitable for you.
- A cow needs about 4000 square meters.
- A sheep needs about 900 square meters
- A Goat needs about 900 square meters
- A Goose needs about 900 square meters
- You'll need a shelter for most animals, somewhere for them to get out of the cold, heat or any extreme weather conditions.
- Animals may also require some maintenance like, Cutting hair, milking and health checks etc.