This is a gate, and when you live in the country with animals you must ‘shut’ gates, especially those that lead into a prized vege garden.
I think my sheep must have thought they had died and gone to heaven when they spotted the gate to my beautiful vege patch wide open.
Of course when I saw them casually nibbling long grass in the gateway, my heart started to pound.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly I can run up a hill, frantically waving my arms – I don’t recall yelling at the time, but I bet I did.
The sheep aren’t silly and without fuss trotted off up the hill with not a care in the world, no doubt dreaming of brassicas enroute.
Banging the gate shut and cursing under my breath I peered over the gateway.
Sorrel gone, directly up the hill behind the sorrel are my broccoli, cabbage and kale … hmm, six of those munched.
I could have cried.
Well, it could have been worse I have decided, if they had got to the other brassica bed, I think I would have thrown in the towel.
Oh, incidentally, I didn’t talk to hubby much that night.
Most mornings Andrew (the person who left the gate open) and the pooch head to the beach for a morning walk.
Nice way to start the day.
I will never ever tire of taking shots of Muriwai beach ..
I couldn’t resist taking this pic of the muffins in our local dairy on the way home either. And yes they were divine.
Those wonderful Egyptian walking onions from the allium family have sprouted already.
Fantastic … I’m so impressed. How good does the soil look?
Quinces ….. lucky me, these wonderful fruit were donated by a good friend.
So what did I do with them? Into the slow cooker for 4 hours on high, then 6 hours on low.
With 7 cups of water and about 4.5 cups sugar.
I just love the way they change colour … so dramatic!
Another toadstool ..
Time for a sheep pedicure!
That’s it for me – happy gardening!