Comments on: For Maryland Officials, Lawn Mowers Are Out, Goats Are In http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jones http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23607 jones Sun, 31 May 2009 23:24:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/#comment-23607 Yes. Points to you, you know more about goat s***. At any rate, it does sound like a cool idea. I do get frustrated with our waste-water-so-we-can-waste-gasoline model of lawn care in this country. Now I think the real question is, will the goats unionize? Yes. Points to you, you know more about goat s***.

At any rate, it does sound like a cool idea. I do get frustrated with our waste-water-so-we-can-waste-gasoline model of lawn care in this country. Now I think the real question is, will the goats unionize?

]]> By: cory http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23596 cory Sat, 30 May 2009 14:34:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/#comment-23596 Um, "slips and twists an ankle on goat droppings"? Lol, that would be difficult!!!!!! goat droppings are much more like rabbit droppings than cow patties!!!! And more scattered. Um, “slips and twists an ankle on goat droppings”? Lol, that would be difficult!!!!!! goat droppings are much more like rabbit droppings than cow patties!!!! And more scattered.

]]> By: smerk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23588 smerk Sat, 30 May 2009 07:47:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/#comment-23588 Hopefully this common sense solution will not go the way of common sense in general in the US, i.e. into the litigation quagmire when the first person slips and twists an ankle on goat droppings or the first child crawls along and test ingests some. Hopefully this common sense solution will not go the way of common sense in general in the
US, i.e. into the litigation quagmire when the first person slips and twists an ankle on goat
droppings or the first child crawls along and test ingests some.

]]> By: malwae http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23576 malwae Fri, 29 May 2009 19:43:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/for-maryland-homeowners-lawn-mowers-are-out-goats-are-in/#comment-23576 Seattle passed a law a while ago that allowed people to keep miniature goats in the city limits - part of the arguement for the goats was that they were an environmentally friendly way to manage yards. This is especially appropriate since Seattle lawns get overwhelmed by blackberry bushes, and very little will kill the bushes except for harsh chemicals. Or hungry goats. Seattle passed a law a while ago that allowed people to keep miniature goats in the city limits – part of the arguement for the goats was that they were an environmentally friendly way to manage yards. This is especially appropriate since Seattle lawns get overwhelmed by blackberry bushes, and very little will kill the bushes except for harsh chemicals. Or hungry goats.

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