Baby Doll Sheep are adorable! All suburbs should have a flock. Every day a different lawn, and instead of a neighborhood lawn kid, there'd be a neighborhood shepherd! And they supply natural fertilizer, milk, and wool.

Funny thing that, I was driving up to Petaluma today and drove by a vineyard that had sheep grazing in the rows. I thought what a great idea! I know people often use goats for lawn mowers, as they will eat even the weeds. But Baby Doll Sheep are a brilliant idea, as goats will reach up and eat the crop.

Three cheers for creative thinking.

There is a company that does this, they are called 'Wooly Weeders' They've been around for awhile, it's not just limited to vineyards...

This is real easy in rural parts of the 'civilized' world.
I worked for a U.S. company that has
subsidiary in Germany. The vice president from the U.S.A. went there, and saw the grass.

He told the plant manager he should have the grass
cut. Friedrich was upset,.. what is this "cut the grass"?

He talked with someone in the U.S. who explained the U.S. passion about about well trimmed lawns. Well in Germany there are not to many lawnmowers..

Friedrich arranged for a local shepherd to graze on the lawn a few times a year.

Our sheep have been "cutting" our lawn like this for years. Unfortunately, sheep cannot be quite as controlled as a lawnmower. Stray sheep make unhappy neighbors.... but we persevere.

Rob, I love the visual image your comment creates.

IIRC, one of the local utilities is using goats or sheep (I can't remember) to eat an overgrown section of their property where they need access to their equipment. In their case, machines wouldn't do the job very well, while animals would.