Canesisters 2018 Garden Thread - BTE/SBG hybrid??

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I can't wait to see how your garden turns out! I have done a little bit of what you are doing with cardboard, old manure, compost, but not straw.

 

[flowerbug]

she's quite the character for sure. i *heart* her too.

 

[baymule]

Eva is so funny. Who knows what lurks in the mind of a cow? She was talking to you, probably cussing you out. Maybe it's a good thing you don't speak cow.

 

[flowerbug]

Who knows. I suspect that she was just mad because all winter long, the truck being in the pasture meant a new round bale was being dropped off. She saw the truck.. she was NOT being let into the pasture... she was NOT happy about it - not one bit.
Every now and then her 'Jersey' side shows - they are FAMOUS for being opinionated about EVERYTHING and not a bit shy about letting the world know how they feel.
When I let her back into the field I was working in she galloped to where the waste piles had been, sniffed around a bit, came back over to me and stood there for a moment, then dropped her head and (literally) HOPPED up and down - all 4 feet! HOPPING - 2 or three times. Then tossed her head some, snotted a little and stomped off to graze.
.. such a diva

i've never seen a cow HOP! a video of that whole day's events would have made a wonderful short movie. i've also never spent much time around a single cow long enough to get to know them as an individual. i also don't know much at all about character traits of cows in general. so all of this is interesting to me in many ways. besides being funny and sweet too.

p.s. Mom asks if she is really a cow. lol

 

[canesisters]

LOL, well, she certainly LOOKS like a cow....


This was taken during her maternity photo shoot - see the pearls around her neck??
It took her about 2 mins to figure out that we were in the paddock to admire her - then it was one pose after another.

 

[flowerbug]

LOL, well, she certainly LOOKS like a cow....
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This was taken during her maternity photo shoot - see the pearls around her neck??
It took her about 2 mins to figure out that we were in the paddock to admire her - then it was one pose after another.

i know that sort, we have our diva around here too, but not quite as much character...

 

[canesisters]

ADORABLE!!!!!!

 

[4grandbabies]

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I decided to jump on the 'garden thread' bandwagon in hopes that it will push me a bit to ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING PLANTED this summer.


Day one
3.12.18

Chance of flurries, no accumulation expected.
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Ok... well, I've been saying that I can't start a garden till June anymore because of the weather's mood swings. March is still early, even for my area - so making plans instead.
I'm going to do another straw bale garden along with a small 'regular' garden.
Keeping it simple this year (I hope) and only growing things that I want to can.

The straw bale garden sounds interesting. Do you have troublewith mice or snakes taking up residence?

 

[canesisters]

I didn't. It grew AMAZING tomatoes and herbs. The squash did well. Melons and corn - not so much.
Here's a thread about a few that were grown a couple years ago.
https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/strawbale-gardens.18666/page-18

 

[ninnymary]

Welcome back @4grandbabies! You've been missed.

Mary