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San Francisco CA: Billy Goats Star At The Airport


SORRY! THIS WAS POSTED SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE TERRIBLE CRASH AT SFO. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

No, it isn’t a sequel to “Snakes On A Plane”, but a real life assignment for the weed-eating goats to keep the busy SFO greens neatly clipped. When you’re flying in or out of San Francisco and you look down at the attractive lawns surrounding the runways, you can thank the 400 hungry goats for their creative work.

In addition to the cosmetic appearances of goat lawn clipping, the practice has many environmental benefits. It reduces heavy weed concentrations that dry to become fire hazards, and it doesn’t add to the air pollution that mechanical lawn mowers spew out.

It’s also a self-reprocessing system, with fertilizer provided by the goats as they graze. Another benefit is that small snakes and amphibians in the same area can live in natural harmony with the goats without fear of being chopped up by machine mowers.

Animals naturally mowing public lawns  isn’t a new idea. Through President Woodrow Wilson’s term 100 yrs ago and earlier, the White House lawn was regularly visited by a herd of grass-munching sheep.
Philadelphia PA: Reading Terminal and Italian Markets PDF Print E-mail


Autumn is the time of year when fresh produce comes from farms, and is on colorful display in markets throughout the world. Some are small stands on the side of the road, while others are multi-street city extravaganzas that attract hordes of locals and tourists.

For more than a century, Philly has boasted of two of the nation’s most popular fresh markets. Fans of the first Rocky film remember scenes where the boxer jogs and spars through the open-air Italian Market in South Philly. Of course, visitors to the Italian market area will take some happy time to lunch nearby at the two famed hoagie shops, Gino’s and Pat’s Steaks.

Just a mile or so away, the Reading Terminal Market has been in the expansive indoor center city Philly railroad station since 1892, about the same time the Italian Market started. Visitors and regular shoppers explore the many features, including fresh meats, seafood, produce, flowers, baked goods, household items and much more.

There are also sit-down restaurants in the Reading Terminal where the fare features many local favorites. They include daily ethnic dishes of Amish foods fresh from nearby Lancaster County, and more than 40 flavors of delicious Bassetts Ice Cream.
 
 
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