Saturday, June 03, 2006
LAWN MOWERS - GHANA STYLE AT THE MTC
Nearly every morning the area around the MTC is treated to a lawn care session by a herd of goats from the farm next door. These goats come by looking for anything green to eat - sometimes they can find some of it on the ground - especially during the rainy season, but for much of the year the area is pretty barren as you can see in the picture. So they will nibble at the little trees we've got planted on the driveway - interestingly, the groundskeeper have put little stakes all around the trees to protect them from the goats - but these tiny fellows can still get their nose in and have a little nibble. Also, some of the stakes they planted around the trees are starting to sprout as well so we might have all kinds of trees in ten years. These little goats are about the size of a small dog - just a bit larger than Penny was. They are much cuter than mom and dad and it is fun to watch them frolic in the morning hours. Sadly, one of them got run over on the road, and the herd didn't come back for about a week. I'm not sure what they raise them for - some milk them, some butcher them, some breed them - I'm not sure what our neighbor does with them.
# posted by Ghana Gazette @ 1:57 AM 
