[Leica] IMG : Cheap lawnmowers and weed-wackers ...

[Don Dory]

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
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> 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
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>
> Finally, yesterday was «  Inauguration Day », and the first four sheep
> were released. I might now find more time for photography as a result :-)
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-6.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-7.jpg.html
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> The masterminds of Operation Sheep and, in his shorts, the shepherd who
> selected the sheep for their ability to live in these conditions.
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2021-+Moutons+du+Glacis-22.jpg.html
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> Amities
>
> Philippe, still on jab one only ...
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Don
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