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Old 09-24-2012, 01:57 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Cities and towns facing tight budgets have often neglected their cemeteries, an oversight that has left many of them in disrepair with broken fencing, crumbling gravestones, overgrown grass and persistent weeds.

But this summer, the Vermont town of Charlotte implemented a new strategy to both save money and keep grass in the town's graveyards under control, and it's a decidedly traditional way of doing it: Let goats and sheep do the work.

Vt. Town Hires Livestock To Save Money, Go Green : NPR
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Old 09-24-2012, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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If you can love with the fertilizer deposits this make a lot of sense. If you have someone to sheer the animals and can sell the fleece even better.
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Old 09-24-2012, 06:30 AM
 
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^ Yep. The manure would be the biggest drawback. They'd also have to install a grate-gate at the entrance, to keep the livestock in. But other than that, this could be a big win - kind of like old school farming. Imagine that!
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