The old Congressional Cemetery hired goatmowers last week. As you can see from these pictures, people like to see goats! Of course I shouldn't laugh...I biked over to see the goats too and I even took my camera.
(They were definitely mixed breeds, Erin.)
Here's the goats:
2 comments:
Ha! Goatmowers! Magnificent. One wonders about the logistics. Are these single-purpose goats? Or are they also milked or something? And how big a pain in the butt is it to transport your goats from Goat Central to the mowing location? I feel like once you factor in shipping, your mowing cost efficiency takes a major hit. Unless you can keep your goats on-location, continually mowing for an extended period of time (days? weeks?), rather than returning them to Goat Central every evening. How long does it take a certain quantity of goats to do their duty on this cemetery? How many goats is a certain quantity? How large is the cemetery? And don't the goats -- if they are going to be overnighting it -- need some sort of Goat Outpost -- like a shelter, or something, to protect them from the elements? These are all important considerations...
Definitely important considerations and the bloggers are on your side to provide answers. Try these links:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2013/08/01/congressional-cemetery-unleashing-goats-on-its-weeds/
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2013/08/07/the-goats-are-here/
The goats are paid for their time and apparently there were about 60 there for a week at a cost of $750 per day.
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