Rabbits are a bit troublesome - you have to keep them penned, though a moveable "ark" works quite well. Geese are the best lawnmowers, solar-powered too <g>, but not silent - but if you can put up with a team of highly opinionated lawnmowers that, furthermore, mar the pristine beauty or your apparently Philishaved lawn with lumps of goose-poop underfoot, then you can hardly do better, while certain other benefits emerge round Thanksgiving/Christmas.
Lawns themselves are the trouble though, as Robert infers, highly unnatural things, and users of HUGE amounts of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and, yes, fossil fuels. In nature grass just doesn't exist on its own like this, it's only a part of a composite "pasture creature" consisting of grass (actually grasses, legumes and deep-rooting herbs), a very rich topsoil micro- and macro-life, and several kinds of grazing animals. Take the animals away and the whole things starts to revert to scrub and forest. A power-mower is a poor substitute for a grazing animal, and hence all the poisons etc needed to "maintain" the thing. Let it grow and get some geese and a couple of Dexters. But the neighbours, yes... and the by-laws. :-( Best Keith >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have seen that Husquavarna from Sweeden have developed a solar >power robot mower that operates from electric, is toatally silent >and operated within defined cutting zone. > > > > > Other than that rabbits will do an excellent job of nibbling >grass and genertate excellent manure, and feeding, > > > > best regards, > > > > dD > > We have a rabbit, but he's an indoor pet. The straw and waste >from his pen go into the compost heap, so he's doing his part . . . > > I went to Sears today with my in-laws. They have several >different varieties of powered mowers, but only two push mowers. >Most suburban lawns are really too small for a >powered mower. > > >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/CNxFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
