Garden and dogs

Brendon and I got stuck into the garden today. The ground was so nice and soft that the weeding was really easy.
We were still busy when the little two woke from their naps, so they came out to join us.
We actually managed to get this whole bed done (which included pulling a LOT of grass out as well as weeds). We had often gotten started on either side but never got through the whole bed. I think what helped today was that we also decided to pull out the many many bulbs that were in the bed. They must have been in there for so many years, they had spread and were just making it so much more difficult to get the bed cleaned out. So we won't have the bulbs flowering again, but there are so many roses and it will be nice to keep the bed clear now.

Then we headed over to feed our neighbours dogs. They are away for the weekend and their daughter and husband have a busy weekend and so they asked us instead. We were so glad they did as they have helped us so much it was nice to finally get to do something for them.

I know it will be quite an adjustment for our non-NZ friends to see dogs in cages like this. But with the farms here it is quite a familiar sight for us.

We also let them out for a nice run around. Although Ruth does like the dogs, she does NOT like getting licked. So she asked Dad to put her on the gate.

One of the dogs still managed to jump up and lick her bottom, so she decided the trailer would be a better and "safer" spot. The dogs are just so excited that she felt a bit nervous with all their energy.

And then Pearl (the black one) decided she wanted to go look for Bob. She ran off and would not come back. She is his oldest dog and I think she really missed him. Brendon tried and tried to get her back but eventually we could not even find her. Bob's son-in-law said not to worry, that she would find her way home. She spent the night out and our other neighbour found her in the morning and brought her over (she had spent the night in his shed).
We were so relieved when we saw her again. And she got meat on Sunday night but did NOT get let out for a run. She had more than enough on Saturday.