Comments on: Our Living Lawn Mowers

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:37:39 +0000

@Frank – Mangy, indeed! We’ve got lots of grass to fatten them up with, though, and we’re supplementing with grain too. They’ve come a long way already….
…although on the “sheepish” side, they’re still skittish as anything! That’s the reasoning behind the quotes and expressions…I wanted to see how many creators of such expressions actually spent any time with actual sheep!!!

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:44:02 +0000

They are the mangiest pair of sheep I have seen for a few years!

Hope they fatten up a bit before you eat them! (although fine wool sheep are not really considered good eaters…)

Great post, never thought there had been so much though put into sheep and “quotes” about sheep..

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:08:42 +0000

@Rachel – Thanks! I actually think there is some wisdom in Einstein’s quote, but I prefer to take it literally and poke fun!

@Colin – I’m glad you think so! I agree – it’s surrealistically fun!

@Kazari – A mob of sheep is much more apt! They’re quite….mobbish…..

@John – Actually, they eat the grass quite evenly! I guess it has a lot to do with the amount of grass in conjunction with the number of sheep….we seem to have a pretty good ratio.
Interestingly though, we initially had them restricted to the back section while we repaired our front gate. Once they had full run of the place, the front grass had already grown quite a bit and the back lawn was immaculate. So they’ve been slow to get the front grass down…they eat the tops off all the tall grass, and leave the stems! It makes for a somewhat ratty look, but we’re trusting they’ll even it all out…!

@Dick – That’s a great expression – and very true! Just the other day one of the sheep jumped over an internal fence…..the other one (who is much smaller) couldn’t jump over, so instead tried to ram the fence in an attempt to follow! (Needless to say, we opened the gate to reunite our living lawn mowers)!

By: Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 11/27/09 | Heather Villa

Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 11/27/09 | Heather Villa — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:02:38 +0000

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By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:22:39 +0000

Another sheepish expression with a Dutch slant : Als er een schaap over de dam is ..volgen er meer ! ( When one sheep is over the dam , ..more will follow ! )

By: John Bardos - JetSetCitizen

John Bardos - JetSetCitizen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:09:11 +0000

Now this is a good idea.

In Japan, a train company is doing something similar with sheep to eat the grass on the side of the train tracks.

I am curious as to how evenly they eat the grass? Don’t they just tend to go to one corner while the rest of the yard grows out of control?

By: kazari

kazari — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:17:23 +0000

Awesome!
Sheep make great lawn mowers : )
Oh, and to expand your Australian education, Aussies rarely refer to a flock of sheep. It’s more likely to be called a mob of sheep.

Happy Friday!

By: Colin Wright

Colin Wright — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:35:59 +0000

Okay, that’s just ridiculously awesome.

By: Rachel Cotterill

Rachel Cotterill — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:49:06 +0000

Great lawnmowers And I just love that Einstein quote… I wonder what point he was trying to make!