In addition,using the lambs costs much less than hiring workers to prune the vines for seven weeks in the summer.

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He says the lambs are lovely and peaceful and he likes having them in his vineyard.

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He says he had a difficult time finding enough lambs to do the job.

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And the lambs must be supervised so they do not prune too much.

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Mister Johnson says the young lambs are perfectly designed to do the job.

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He says he learned about using lambs while visiting wineries in New Zealand.

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People visiting the vineyard also enjoy watching the lambs do their job.

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Ewes produce lambs. A lamb is a sheep under a year old.

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David Johnson says the lambs carry out his environmental ideas about farming.

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Instead,the job is done by forty cute, little wooly lambs.

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There are about fifty million lambs in New Zealand.

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Also,even some organic pesticides are harmful to lambs.

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