Weeding Surprise

I only got one row weeded.  Of course, it's the strawberries.  Everything else can struggle, but I want those strawberries to be happy.

We had intended to each do a row, but when we went out, we discovered that some early weeds were going to seed, so those were our first priority.  There was a big patch over by the irrigation pipe.

As we started pulling the two and three foot high grass, we discovered that the asparagus hadn't died.  We planted this asparagus last year, but it didn't seem to do well and since I hadn't seen it earlier, I figured it didn't make it.  But here they are!  The stems are thin but they're alive.  I might transplant these to give them a better place to live.

As we pulled the grass and clover, it occurred to us that this is cow food.  Within moments of throwing bunches of it over the fence, the cows came over and started eating like it was a feast.  We had trouble throwing the grass fast enough.  Like many of the surprises God keeps for us, we never expected that weeding would become such a happy event with cows giving us eyes and gentle moo's.

There's nothing like a video of the little chicks.  Here you go!