Dog’s hunting!!

I tell ‘em…  “get that rabbit” because rabbits are eating my stuff!  Remember those carrots I planted….

      

The “east” beds…

From most recent to spring…

SO..  this area has been the home to critters as long as I remember.  Ari and Kobie would race here to hunt!  Why did I think that changed!  The area has a raised bed made with concrete blocks for a tomato plant and I thought for carrots but they never got planted.  There is also a pallet box where peppers are planted.. red and yellow and purple.. oh my!!  I started out with 2 trellis put together thinking I could also use it to cover the bed in case of an insect, bird or hail event.   After the dogs nearly demolished the bed I reevaluated and decided to attach plastic fencing to the trellis and create a barrier hoping the dogs (although Jake is shown checking it out!) would get the picture which I think they have.  I rebuilt the concrete bed adding more blocks, added more dirt to both beds and then topped off with straw.  We’ll see!  We were being watched by a cardinal in August!

To see the carnage, click here!l
And here…

Progress through June and July….

May 30th – planted..

It pays to read the label…

I need dirt… choices..  go and dig it up at neighbors or buy it..  today it was “buy it” when I was at Big Lots…  huge bag  $8.  Get it home, fill some of the beds and then notice it says garden soil…  hhmmm  not potting soil but garden soil.  who knew??  …not to be used in containers…  hhmm….  to the internet…  too compacted…  hhmmm…  I have straw…  so I take the van, collect soil, straw, Brita and Jake and proceed to mix the straw and soil to use for containers!!   We’ll see….

helping again….

I wonder what they have found?

This help I don’t need…

So I turned the water on so the soaker hose would start watering the tomatoes and then I left for a bit to check on my neighbors puppies.  When I returned Jake had escaped from the house by moving a board I had blocking the dog door and was having a blast with the hose.  He had ripped the one side out creating a stream of water which he was playing with…  it could have been worse..  the water could have been going on to the tomatoes which I’m sure then that is where Jake would have been!   Brita was new to the mess as I brought her out not realizing that the trouble maker was already out!

      

    

A barrier….

to keep “The Dog” away from the yummy horse poo…. 

….. didn’t work….

Dog found work

 

Note Shovel…

Note satisfied look on dog.

Dog looking for work

Dog run turned garden shed

 

One Step at a Time!

 

 

 

First there was a tarp… a regular old tarp!

 

 

 

 

 

Then there was a dog with a harness all ready to pull something!

So – next – attach dog to tarp and give it a test run!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not so bad!    Fill with leaves!   Heavier…  Oh yes…  branches also!

So with a little coaxing – the pile is on it’s way to the compost heap!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A helper around the yard!  How cool is that?