Mary is outside right now in her back yard dead heading some of her spent roses, so Sis decided she needed to go "help". Sis loves nothing better than to go over and snoop around in Mary's back yard and truth be told, she adores Mary. If Mary's outside, she'll watch her every move and if she comes over on our side of the driveway, Sis will whine to go greet her. It's a good thing Mary loves dogs since Sis has been known to jump up in her lap--all 21 pounds of herself--and try to lick Mary's face. Mary doesn't care and laughs knowing she is loved by at least one enormous slick black girl. They are quite a pair. Mary said she fertilized the heck out of her roses and it shows.
I went heavy on the rose fertilizer myself at the Farm a few weeks ago on these formerly not so lovely gals, and they seem to be hitting the comeback trail. They took a real beating in the drought, even though the sprinklers reached them. In that drought, I don't think anything could have gotten enough water. I plan to feed them again when we are up there next, to give them enough juice for the summer. A couple of them didn't make it so I may have to get one or two to fill back in on the other side not pictured. Between new mulch, water and fertilizer, these girls have no excuse not to look
purdy.
Here is a shot of the culprit of the Raccoon caper, and notice the giant catfish pictured on the bag. If you think that catfish looks big, you should have seen the raccoon. I thought raccoons washed everything they ate but I guess when you are hungry, nasty old fish food doesn't count.
Lastly, the front pasture is beginning to pop out in wild flowers and I'm hoping in another week or so, we'll have a great display. Bruce's brother, Neil, mowed the back pasture Saturday, and the result was a pasture that looked like
soft green velvet. Gorgeous in the extreme. I don't think the cows minded it either. Now they can just cruise around munching that fresh mowed grass or even eat lying down. Now that's what I call livin'.
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