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Low Carbon Mowers

21 May 2011
Two Paddocks

Every lawn should have one

Ewe MowersThey might look like puffballs to you, but these are in fact our South Suffolk ewes striding purposefully through our Pinot vines, mowing the grass and cleaning up weeds.

They are considerably cheaper to run than the tractor. Quieter too. Their carbon footprint is minimal. There is a small question about their methane production, but the last Sheep Foreman, Baa Baa (RIP), assured us they were keeping this to an absolute minimum. The sheeps’ view is that the organic manure they carefully spread in the vineyard more than compensated for any small gas production resulting.

In addition to that, any sheep flatulence at Two Paddocks has nothing on that of the ghastly and gaseous TP dog Zappa, who could clear a stadium with one  small doggy Bronx Cheer.