A Cow, a Goat, and a Chicken Walk Into My Backyard, and Eat It

We're all about beautifying our surroundings here at Wired Design. But mowing the lawn is just ... so ... much ... work. And until the IPO happens, we can't afford to hire a landscaper.
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You gonna eat those clippings, or what?Photo via Gerry Dincher/Flickr

We're all about beautifying our surroundings here at Wired Design. But mowing the lawn is just ... so ... much ... work. And until the IPO happens, we can't afford to hire a landscaper.

Or can we?

Thanks to real estate company Movoto and its prolific Novelty Real Estate bloggers, we can now tell exactly how many goats — or chickens, or cows, or guinea pigs — it'll take to keep our turf in check. Got space for the back nine in your yard? Better go with a cow or six, which is how many it takes to chew down an acre in a day. Don't want the cow pies? Try a guinea pig (or a couple thousand of them). Sure, you have to feed them, house them, and clean up after them. But it takes a lot of work to be lazy.

"Do your part to reduce animal unemployment: Hire a goat" By Movoto Real Estate