26 July

If It Looks Like A Watermelon…

by Jon Katz
The Watermelon Patch

For the first time in the life of the farm, we have a watermelon patch. Last summer, we gave some watermelon rinds to the donkeys (they love watermelon rinds). This year, by the hay feeder, there seems to be a large number of watermelons. We aren’t positive that they are watermelons, they might be pumpkins, but I’d bet on watermelons.

They came out of a healthy manure pile – the donkeys often eliminate while they eat, and a summer of much rain and moisture. Nature always finds a way to survive. Next year, maybe a pumpkin patch.

26 July

The Changing Landscape

by Jon Katz
The Changing Landscape

I see our lives and our farm as a changing landscape, the picture is always changing, evolving growing. Every morning, Maria connects to the donkeys and they confer with one another, it is one of the most beautiful traditions of our farm and our lives together. Sometimes, Fanny comes over to me and demands some attention.

Lulu is much too proud to ask. Lately, there is a new element in the photograph: Gus. He sits with Maria and joins the conversation. Gus is becoming a farm dog.

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