The berry garden is weedy whacked and roto-tilled !!! Now to plant the garlic and potatoes and mulch them with that pile of old hay in the back yard. Counted 22 asparagus plants, so 7 are missing, and only 4 blueberries, but found some hard stalks close to the ground so may have weedy whacked up to 3 :(. I thought I marked them all before starting, but maybe not. There weren't any lavenders, and only 1 of the 2 berry bushes I planted made it. Think the Jostaberry. The other one had a burrow hole so think some critter got it. I whacked the strawberry patch down too. Still need to re-string the grape supports, clear around them and check for shape. Didn't pick any grapes, but then as Maddie chose the berry garden as her refuge, I didn't go into it much and it was overgrown. Also want to put the chicken shit on the asparagus and around the blueberries. While I was busy on the tractor, Gabriel attacked the 1 large blackberry stem that was reaching into the veggie garden and snapped it off, then tried to eat it ! OK, time for a fresh hay bale.
Gabriel is being a pain. He's making a huge racket again, and when I delivered a new hay bale to him yesterday, he waited until my back was turned before attacking it. Can see him breaking the other bale holder before I've fixed the previous one he took apart. Seems only the one without the side bars may last with him. It may stem back to when he broke his horn tip fighting with one when he was young. He does stop when I shout at him and run towards him. Maybe he just likes my reaction.
Well, off to milk, feed beasties, get the first load of washing in, etc etc, lots to do today.