Sadie's Greatest Fear & The Garden

This is what we found sunning in our driveway this afternoon when we got home. It is just a bull snake so Gary just moved it into the pasture. The funniest thing was Craig's dog Sadie and how afraid she was of the snake. I don't think she has ever seen one before and she didn't want to even get close enough to look at it. After Gary moved it she went back to the spot and bristled her back hairs like something was going to get her. She turned around and saw a stick laying on the ground and jumped back like the stick was going to get her. We laughed so hard. She will chase the neighbors big dog out of our yard and pretend to be a big tough mean dog, but she sure backed down to a little old snake.

Gary's favorite thing in the summer is his garden so I decided I would keep a record of the progress this year. About two weeks ago our neighbor brought over his little tractor with a plow and got it ready for planting. Last week a few things went in such as radishes, onions and kohlrobi (not sure if this is spelled right). Carrots and cabbage will go in next and then corn in a couple of weeks. Before the end of May he will set out tomatoes , peppers, cantalope and watermelon plants. Of course there will be cucumbers for my jalepeno garlic dill pickles that my kids all love. He usually plants a few varieties of squash, some plants and some seeds. I'm not sure of all he has planned this year but I will keep you posted. When fall gets here we always have way more than we need so if anyone is in the area we will surely send you home with plenty of produce.