The fence has been breached...

Wednesday will known as the day the Groundhog figured out
the weak link in our fence, or the day Kate was proven correct,
and Farmer Dad had to say,"oh yeah, guess I should have taken
care of that." I am not bitter...he only ate some of the tender bits of lettuce
out there, while I had gone inside to get my basket to pick some for dinner.
Really, I am quite over it. The have-a-heart trap is set now (re-set actually), and he is out there...circling
my garden fence...trying to figure a way inside. Hopefully the smell of peanut butter on apple will do the trick
before he finds another "loophole".Have I told you all how yummy the green beans, peas and lettuce have been this year? The squirrels "captured' most of my sunflowers it appears. I will put more seeds in today I think.
Hope for the best.Meanwhile nobody has discovered the cucumbers planted outside the garden gate yet,
I am a bit surprised, but give it time.

New Fence

Finally we have a slightly taller fence
that will hopefully keep the grounhogs out.
Farmer Dad even made a gate!
He is very proud of his handiwork,
especially since he only used bits and pieces
we had lying around. We still have a lot to do in
the yard to be ready for this year, but we are
getting a lot done as well.He plans on re-using
the old fence at the community garden plot.
This gate makes me miss our old arbor that
was taken out in a Nor'easter years ago.