tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post9063958701661929944..comments2024-03-20T11:36:53.907+00:00Comments on Restoring Mayberry: Sheep on the CurraghBrian Kallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082602126850605083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-3671657072126702132010-10-22T01:41:27.200+01:002010-10-22T01:41:27.200+01:00There is a local area of businesses that use sheep...There is a local area of businesses that use sheep to graze down the grass. I think they're rented sheep or loaned sheep, they don't live there full time but just appear from time to time. I love the idea and hope it catches on for more businesses. I would love to hear the leaf blowers and gas-powered lawn mowers fade away.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297237900094898777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-48529876907521573992010-10-21T01:18:06.499+01:002010-10-21T01:18:06.499+01:00Hi, greetings from another ex-pat and sometimes bl...Hi, greetings from another ex-pat and sometimes blogger in County Offaly. Love your blog and while my village does not have sheep in the commons, grazing animals are quite common. We used to keep sheep ourselves but right now just have horses, dogs and cats.<br /><br />There are cattle next door and most people here keep chickens.<br /><br />I look forward to catching up on your back posts when it isn't 1am here in Ireland. <br /><br />If you like, contact me and I get you my blog information, it really needs updating but you've inspired me to go back to it. Similar theme of North American lives for years in Rural Ireland, great to know there are at least two of us!<br /><br />Disaster Cat (aka Melodi)Disaster Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896589128753944737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-69570126802996085262010-10-20T17:47:57.647+01:002010-10-20T17:47:57.647+01:00I just discovered your blog through a link from th...I just discovered your blog through a link from the Energy Bulletin. As a former newspaper and magazine writer/editor myself, I think you're doing great work. Fascinating observations.<br /><br />I live in a small city (just under 9,000 people) on the coast of Maine, and backyard livestock -- rabbits, chickens, ducks -- have become far more popular recently. Several of our largest cities have revised their zoning codes to allow small poultry flocks. I joke with my neighbors about fencing in our block and grazing sheep or milk cows, but the suburban lawn/flower garden culture is too deeply ingrained, I fear. I'm considered something of an odd duck already for growing vegetables in two raised beds in the back yard and heating with wood. I suspect that may change in the near future, given the reality of Jeffrey Brown's latest Export Land modeling.<br /><br />Love the concept of the curragh. We have a park a block away that does nothing except grow grass ...JD Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-37075815785727745872010-10-20T05:06:39.748+01:002010-10-20T05:06:39.748+01:00It's interesting to see the differences in cou...It's interesting to see the differences in countries and regions. Here, near Springfield Mo. People often raise chickens, beef cattle, some dairy cattle, and horses. Some right into town. I know of a small pasture inside Springfield, where the owner keeps 2 horses. apparently legally. Here in Nixa, a guy across the street raises ducks and chickens. Down Main St,, a fellow keeps, and trades horses. Cattle pastures edge into town all around. But not many sheep, although I know one lady with several. Springfield's city council just recently voted to allow chickens, which I thought was really rich, if you drove thru some neighbor hoods in the morning, you could hear crowing coming from several directions. In the Ozarks, keeping chickens out of towns, has as much chance as keeping cars out of Detroit, it ain't gonna happen, it defies the gestalt of the place. A 2000 year old spot for grazing animals, now THATS sustainable!brierrabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159138666926348235noreply@blogger.com