Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The same idea is used on some larger estates in Atlanta only using goats. The "wild" portions could get pretty overgrown. After 3-4 days feeding a rented troup the vines and undergrowth would be gone. On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:32 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Background of the photos : I live in a village built around a medieval > castle and its fortifications. Regularly clearing up its glacis from trees > and bramble to preserve the site and sights is time, sweat, and money > consuming to say the least. > So some friends and I have had the project of using sheep as cheap > cleaners but this required an initial clean up, and electric fences in the > downhill parts.That?s what we?ve been kept busy doing over the last months. > > It all started in the late fall > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-6341.jpg.html > > The mighty team at the end of the first day. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-6350.jpg.html > > > Finally, yesterday was ? Inauguration Day ?, and the first four sheep > were released. I might now find more time for photography as a result :-) > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-6.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-7.jpg.html > > > The masterminds of Operation Sheep and, in his shorts, the shepherd who > selected the sheep for their ability to live in these conditions. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-22.jpg.html > > > Amities > > Philippe, still on jab one only ... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com