Norris Family Blog

Mums Getting Close

After Linda came home from working at the school, we went to Columbia and ate, then returned to the farm. Stacey went inside and I backed the Mule out of the barn and pulled it around to the front hallway. Linda hooked Daisy to her lease and she jumped in the Mule. We rode to the mum patch to let Daisy run. It's still been in the 90s nearly every day and almost no rain in the last month, so the mums are not as big as they have been in past years. In fact, these are the smallest mums we have ever grown. The early mums are starting to bloom, but if we don't get a decent rain, it's going to be tough to dig them.
   
I closed the gate behind the Mule and Linda unhooked Daisy's leash and we let her run.
  
Daisy ran around the patch and checked the fence for a way out. After finding nothing to chase, she came back and we tried to get her to play with a ball, but no luck with that. She will come to us after a few whistles and calls. Daisy has become accustomed to riding in the Mule and she will jump in and set in the seat when she is ready to go.
  
Daisy is still a little spastic as when we are going down the road, if a big grasshopper flies across the front of the Mule, Daisy will attempt to jump out as we are moving. So we have to hold her on a short leash as we head home.