From the Decatur Minute…
Trees Atlanta will return this week with its herd of sheep to help control Japanese hops, kudzu and other invasive plants on the steep slope between Section 14 and creek at the Decatur Cemetery.
“Sheep offer a low-impact solution for controlling invasive plants on hard to maintain sites,” said Trees Atlanta Forest Restoration Coordinator Brian Williams. “As long as the sites do not contain sensitive or endangered plants that we want to keep safe, sheep can graze and help us eliminate invasive plants until they are gone,” he continued. Trees Atlanta led the recent woodland restoration effort in the stream corridor on the east side of the Cemetery.
The sheep in this program are protected by a human shepherd and livestock guardian dogs, and the sites are surrounded by solar powered, low-voltage electrified fencing to keep the sheep safe and on-task while they are working. The work is expected to take 7 to 10 days at the Cemetery.
On first glance at the title, I thought this was going to be about the election.
Bwah!
+1000
YES!!! I love it when the goats are baaaack.
* Sheep
Eh, no worries. To err is human; to forage, ovine.
(I’ll save everybody the trouble: *groan*)
Wait, Japanese hops? Has anyone told the microbreweries around here about this?
My initial thought as well!
Sheep go to heaven…
and goats go to hell. Great show if you’ve never seen them.
I thought for sure by now someone would be complaining about taxpayers getting fleeced.
Oh Brian, that was a Baa-aad , Baa-aaad joke!
“Like sheep to the slaughter…” is what I had in mind.
Mutton for dinner!
Wool we be allowed to pet them? Shearly they won’t mind…
Those have goat to be about the worst puns ewe have ever made.
alright, enhoof with the puns.
They look more like goats than sheep, ewe know.
embrace me, my sweet embraceable ewe