Invasion of the goat

I live across the street from Old McDonald. He has goats, chickens, cows, guinea hens, ducks, turkeys. Well, turkey (singular) now. The other one was too slow.


A few months back, there were guinea hens in our back yard. Probably eating up the smorgasbord of grubs and snails. And hubby let the dogs out not knowing they were there.

(I gentle refer to my hubby's dogs as Fatso, Stinky and the Old Man.)

Dogs give chase, busting through the gate. (literally, Fatso BROKE a wooden slate in half)

The chase was ON. Guinea fowl are FAST. They dove down the lane, under and over fences. Dogs in hot pursuit. The hens made it back to the farm ok but they had to pass by the turkeys to do so. I think you know where this is headed.

Fatso's mind: The tasty ones got away but I got the slow fat one instead.

So, only one turkey gobble gobbling over there now.


Anyway, the goats came to visit us last weekend.They fit under the fence and come over to munch on all the delicious un-mown grass on our neighbors side. I was weeding the veggy garden and removing the dead tomatoes when my son squeals and points at the goat.

I tell him it's just a goat. He mimics me and says GO! :Insert happy baby squeal:
I think it's great he's at least mimicking words. He's17 months old and not walking by himself yet or talking. Lots of noises though. So he likes the GO.

The GO felt that the toddler-thing was scary and hightailed back home.

My attention went from it to the tomato root in my hand that had a grub the size of a freaking quarter latched onto it.

I hate grubs. Yeah yeah, I know. I know. I should love earth's creatures and all that. I was going to just fling it to the grass and let it live but it committed suicide.

Hubby didn't believe me when I told him it committed suicide. But I SWEAR it jumped.

I need to go buy grub repellent and snail repellent and neem oil for the things eating my plants. How do people do this organic gardening thing? I do not have merely one or two issues, I have barrels full of snails eating my trees, giant voracious grubs under foot and black crude on my peppers, eggplant and beans.

I admit, I am envious of my friend D's miracle grow garden. She gave me an egg plant last week that was awesome and delicious.

But I do want my garden to stay pesticide and chemical free. People do this all the time. Just need a little extra work. Will be off to the Home Depot this weekend I guess.

I will get my kids to pile up the snails to show you the mass epidemic of snails going on over here.

If they were zombies, we'd be screwed.