As Robert was mowing “the front yard” (aka field), a small fawn jumped out of the tall grass and ran for the trees where the mother doe was waiting. Mystery solved as to where the baby was. The next day mom jumped our seven-foot garden fence, again, and helped herself to the baby (2-inch long) cucumbers! Never in the last thirty years has a deer eaten our cucumbers! We think perhaps she was expressing her disapproval to Robert for disturbing their hiding place!
My “dear” friend in another state has a doe frequenting her property as we do. However, in this case the mother leaves her baby fawn by my friend’s back door near her potted plants while she goes out foraging! The mother would not do this unless she felt her baby would be very safe in this location. I am going to post the photo from my friend, because it gives you a closeup look of a newly born fawn!
In the boxes this week expect cabbage, carrots, and our delicious cucumbers as well as a green kohlrabi, a variety of green and yellow patty pan squash, long two-toned squash, green or yellow zucchini, perhaps okra! and the last of the cauliflower, broccoli heads and florets or artwork. We did get 9/10 of an inch of rain on Sunday! Very nice!!
Cane Creek Asparagus & Company CSA 