Summer is the season of days at the beach and backyard barbecues. It’s also the season for a chore that many a homeowner is no doubt familiar with – mowing the lawn.

How about keeping a pair of pet wallabies instead?

I know some people, mostly men, who actually enjoy mowing the lawn. (All the better if the lawn is big enough to justify a ride-on mower). Most of us, however, would probably rather not.

Besides, conventional gas-powered lawnmowers are dirty and polluting.

Wallabies not to your fancy? You might try …

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Got goats? If not, there’s a family-owned and operated grazing service in Orinda, California that will deliver to you a South American shepherd, Border Collie and trained herd to graze your ranch or yard. Used primarily for fuel mitigation, star thistle eradication and reducing pesky hillside brush, the livestock comes in a variety of breeds to munch sites as expansive as 30,000 acre ranches.

The Goats R Us business was bred by …

Tags: Angoras , animals , Border Collie , brush reduction , California , family businesses , fuel mitigation , Goats , grazing , herds , livestock , Orinda , thistle eradication

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