Sheep, the eco-friendly lawn mower

[Catherine]

They are starting to use goats in some places, but alpacas would give us the wool. There are alpacas in Ontario. Maybe we could loan them to Manitoba. I think they farm them in the warmest part of the province. South of lake Ontario is warmer. We do have vineyards and an active wine industry. Of course we also make ice wine which involves having the grapes frozen on the vine. 
Alpacas could live in that area with some winter protection. 

It is a whole industry that has potential. We have a lot of Canada Geese around and they no longer migrate. Life is too good here. The city lets them mow the grass in some places. If you leave the grass the geese will eat it. Also how would you get the geese off the lawn if you did want to mow it. 

Using animals in environmentally friendly ways, that also benefit the animals, is a new area. There is so much potential to do good and save money.

I suspect chickens could be used to clean up slugs and bugs in gardens. There would be no need for pesticides if chickens were eating the insects. The chickens could have happy lives keeping gardens pest free. It is worth thinking about.