News: Mowing vineyards with sheep

A most interesting story on how some wineries are training sheep to act as natural weed eaters, while leaving the valuable grape crop alone:

Researchers train sheep to weed vineyards, abstain from grapes

Personally I like this option - it keeps the use of fossil fuel down and may even be a source of useful fertilizer

But what about the methane emissions?

Paul

I expect you have been too busy setting up your new blog ( http://hybridwines.blogspot.com/ ) to have noticed the previous discussion here on this - http://www.wineloverspage.com/forum/vil ... php?t=9461

D'oh!! Indeed Peter, I have ...

I guess it's too late to delete my thread?