Guarding Gardens with Gracie

Alliteration aside, our English Springer Spaniel, Gracie, does her best to pitch in when it comes to maintaining our vegetable and annuals gardens each Spring and Summer. Though she may occasionally find herself wandering to close into the crops herself, she does greatly seem to enjoy the task of milling about the plants looking for squirrels and birds to play with.


There is a small entrance to an underground lair to the left of the shed that Gracie pretends not to notice. While I'm certain something frequents that area, the perimeter is safe when Gracie is on patrol.


Gracie seems to understand that standing among the recent plantings is actually good for them, she remains keenly aware that the humans do NOT also understand this, so she waits for them to leave to find an opportune time to snuggle the tomato plants.

Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!