Thinking about getting some cows or goats to help with the grass. (Houston: HOA)

[davidt1]

I mow my own lawns. I could hire people to do for me but I am too cheap for that. Lately, I am getting tired of doing it. The idea of keeping what other people consider a respectable lawn is absurd to me anyway. Think about it for a moment. You use up precious water to grow the grass only to cut it down and fill up the landfill with grass later -- grass that could be used to feed grass-eating animals. I figure the solution to keeping my lawns neatly trim to get one cow or two goats to graze the lawns. It's a win-win situation since they get to eat and I don't have to mow the lawns. They don't make much noise so I know they won't bother the neighbors. I want to run this by my HOA soon. Hope there are no city laws against keeping grazing animals for this purpose.

[xavier1774]

let me know how it goes. You maybe on to something.

[Poltracker]

If you are in Houston, this is a no-go and you can bet your HOA won't cooperate.

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by davidt1

I mow my own lawns. I could hire people to do for me but I am too cheap for that. Lately, I am getting tired of doing it. The idea of keeping what other people consider a respectable lawn is absurd to me anyway. Think about it for a moment. You use up precious water to grow the grass only to cut it down and fill up the landfill with grass later -- grass that could be used to feed grass-eating animals. I figure the solution to keeping my lawns neatly trim to get one cow or two goats to graze the lawns. It's a win-win situation since they get to eat and I don't have to mow the lawns. They don't make much noise so I know they won't bother the neighbors. I want to run this by my HOA soon. Hope there are no city laws against keeping grazing animals for this purpose.

Just tell the city and HOA they are the new GREEN mowers.