An Unexpected Visitor

Someone (admittedly, could have been me) left the garden gate open last night, and this saucy lady wandered in.

What a gorgeous, silky pelt! She seems quite friendly and not at all perturbed by humans, but went about digging up grubs and mostly leaving my seedlings alone. My elder daughter named her Fluffy. Left the gate open, and she wandered out again sometime before 10am.

Planted so far: beets, carrots, kale, tomatoes, one pepper, one eggplant, basil (half devoured by caterpillars already, must acquire more), zucchini, peas, kale, cucumbers, broccoli, beans. Garlic, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and herbs are all doing well, the arugula has come back nicely, and the asparagus has been producing like gangbusters. Had a huge pile of it for dinner last night. Still looking to acquire spaghetti squash seedlings, and then I will declare planting to be done.