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KMP
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by KMP » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:16 am
HOPLAND, Calif. - Call them mutton mowers. University researchers are training sheep to clean up vineyard weeds but stay off the grapes.
LINK .
Seems like wooly thinking to me, but I bet it becomes a big hit in New Zealand!
Mike
Nayan
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by Nayan » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:06 pm
rooview wrote: Trust a sheep with nothing but growing fine wool!
And making a good Sunday roast (though they struggle with making gravy, I've found)
BTW, if you doubt Adrian's assertion then you should read
this story
El Josho
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by El Josho » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:19 pm
And for company on those cold, cold nights.
"It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. "It was the salmon."
Charles Dickens, Pickwick Papers
pstarr
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by pstarr » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:42 pm
Miniature sheep could work pretty well on some sites, as they only stand about 60cm tall, so can't reach the cordon wire. I've not been able to find a supplier in Australia though. Supposedly they make for one-bite cutlets as well.
Paul.
marsalla
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by marsalla » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:31 am
Why not just raise the cordon wire?