[colinthompson]

Welcome to the east bay hills! May I suggest a fun alternative to a standard gardening crew to clear your extra growth:

http://goatsrus.com/contact.htm

From the sound of it, your yard/land is a great fit for their services :)

[sxates]

I know some neighbors use them. Trouble with goats is they don't discriminate much about what they eat, and we do have some things in the garden we'd like to keep :)