Donkey Nannies

Shout out to Content in a Cottage. I saw this and just had to add it to my site.

As the story goes, the Italian Sheppard has help from the Nannie Donkeys. The baby lambs are just too young to make the long trip so they use the saddle to carry them. The Momma's follow. Ingenious!

Thanks to the blog - I love this photo.

Oak

Oak

I am always amazed at the leaves as they change. After I post the picture, I think it's really not that perfect but while walking by, it makes me stop and gaze.

Community Garden

Brand New Fence 2009

9 years Later

There you have it. The trellis was the last thing to remove and it came apart with one push. I dragged it to the dumpster and the garden is done. A little sad but again, a new chapter in my garden/farm life is about to begin.

Community Garden Coming to an End

I've completely pulled up the fence and I'm about to pull out the trellis if it would only stop raining today.

The garden will be put to bed as all my contacts at the home have moved elsewhere. The home was sold and I really am kind of glad to be moving on. While I absolutely loved the garden, the residents and the people who worked at the Nursing Home, it's time to move on and take my energy and get that farm! I learned a lot gardening and tested my knowledge on many levels. I grew grain, and even tested cover crops. I'm am now ready to tackle the next chapter.

So - these past weekends, I worked for a few hours pulling everything up. I'm talking, plastic in the path, bricks outlining the path, the fence AND each of the green poles that held it up. Let me tell you about the green poles. They were in the ground about 12 inches and they had a tee bar. I had to dig each one up and yank it up. 3 of the 12 came up in one swoop - the others. Lets just say I was cussing a bit. Roots had wrapped around some of them so it took a bit of brute force. Luckily no one was watching me.

Stay tuned!  I can't wait to see this plot next spring. I am curious to see if it resorted back to an empty field. It should. I am removing everything.