Mary Beth Breckenridge

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Spicy Lamb Farm owner Laura DeYoung holds one of her young lambs in Peninsula, Ohio.

Sheep touted as mowing alternative

PENINSULA, Ohio -- Laura DeYoung doesn't need a lawn mower to keep her grass cut. She has about 80 living grass-cutting machines roaming around behind her house.

DeYoung raises sheep as the owner of the Spicy Lamb Farm in Peninsula, Ohio. She's also a partner in Urban Shepherds, a coalition of sheep farmers that's promoting the use of sheep to cut grass by grazing instead of using humans and machines.

Edible landscaping takes food plants beyond bounds of vegetable patch

Food plants have jumped the fence from the kitchen garden.

They’re making their way into the landscape, doing double duty as both food sources and things of beauty.

It’s a movement called edible landscaping, and there’s good reason for it, advocates say. Edible landscaping encourages and simplifies local food production, with all its health and environmental benefits.

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