{"582362":{"#nid":"582362","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kudzu-Loving Sheep Make a Comeback Appearance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor a third consecutive year, Georgia Tech is getting the help of woolly, four-legged friends to help control one of the most invasive plants in the South \u0026mdash; the dreaded kudzu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Managing a particularly overgrown area requires multiple grazing sessions with sheep,\u0026rdquo; says Jerry Young, landscape project manager in Facilities Management. \u0026ldquo;It is an eco-friendly way to remove pervasive vegetation because it doesn\u0026rsquo;t require the application of pesticides.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy grazing on the kudzu leaves, or any vegetation within their reach, the sheep essentially deplete the root reserves. To optimize the effectiveness of this method, it is important to follow through by removing any remaining foliage and repeating the grazing process several times within 24 months.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Young, they are looking at other areas on campus that would benefit from this sustainable solution, especially as they continue to develop the campus Eco-Commons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo if you see sheep on campus, let them be. They are hard at work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sheep are expected to remain on campus until Sunday, October 16.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor a third consecutive year, Georgia Tech is getting the help of woolly, four-legged friends to help control one of the most invasive plants in the South \u0026mdash; the dreaded kudzu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For a third consecutive year, Georgia Tech is getting the help of woolly, four-legged friends to help control one of the most invasive plants in the South \u2014 the dreaded kudzu."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2016-10-10 19:35:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-12 14:30:10","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"342661":{"id":"342661","type":"image","title":"Sheep Help Control Campus Kudzu","body":null,"created":"1449245639","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:59","changed":"1475895062","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:02","alt":"Sheep Help Control Campus Kudzu","file":{"fid":"200814","name":"15c10301-p2-002-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10301-p2-002-1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10301-p2-002-1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1618740,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/15c10301-p2-002-1_0.jpg?itok=cKMFh1NQ"}}},"media_ids":["342661"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/landscaping","title":"Landscape Services "}],"groups":[{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166921","name":"sheep"},{"id":"108731","name":"kudzu"},{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"64711","name":"eco-friendly"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rpocklington@gatech.edu ?subject=Sheep%20on%20Campus\u0022\u003ERachael Pocklington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}