Ever wonder how the Pompeii ruins are kept from being overgrown with high weeds? Apparently the administrators have deployed a very eco-friendly, low-tech method, at least in part of the archaeological park. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sheep-preserving-pompeii-ruins-italy-rome-1.6773489
Posted by
Corvallis OR
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They're not the only place in Europe that does this. In Paris they have sheep (and goats) keeping the grass trimmed at the Tuileries Gardens, or at least they used to. I have pics of them from 2012.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
4573 posts
I saw that too today. It's a great idea. Chances are there were herds of sheep grazing those hills for centuries before they found the archeological site.