The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.

But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
This poem by Robert Frost keeps coming to my mind as I am out in the woods working. I love being in the woods and it is hard to imagine some times that I am in my own back yard and not some far away place. Unfortunately some of the things that make the path so beautiful are poison and I have to remove them. The ferns that I love will definitely need to be dug up as they are very toxic and last all summer. I don't think the animals would intentionally eat them but I am not taking any chances of course. There has been another strange greenery that has popped up in several patches through out the lower part of the path. They are beautiful umbrella like plants that I did not remember seeing there before. I had to look them up on line to find they are a common forest plant called Mayapples. They are very toxic including the roots so I will dig them up too.

I am so close to being ready to turn Frankie and Emma out onto the track. I was sure I could do it by this weekend but needed a little more fencing to finish. I went to the local Fleet Brothers yesterday and wouldn't ya know they were out of the white electric rope I was using for the lower portion of the fence. He will get it in by Wednesday so I am not sure if I can let them out before next weekend. The top row of electric tape is finished and the second row of rope will be done but I really wanted the third row of electric as well. He would be fine with the two rows probably but I will feel it out and see. I plan on locking Emma up and hand walking Frankie through the track first. He gets so worked up in the woods for some reason and I don't want to be tripping over Emma while I am dealing with Frankie. I will let her on the track after Frankie has had a chance to be on it on his own and run around a bit. Once he is calm I will let her join him. I just don't want her to get run over! She is a big 200+ lb goat but she gets nervous when he gets running fast.

Oh, I almost forgot, the ATV's are GONE!!! My neighbor got tired of them too and so they went back to their original owner to dig out trails there too. That is such a relief I just hope they stay gone.

Below are a few spring time picture I wanted to share.

This the view from the back of the paddock near the entrance to the track looking back toward the house and barn. The door frame in the paddock is from an old door we had there when our dog had a bigger run. I use it for hay nets and am planning on making a stock for Emma so I can trim her feet easier. Frankie is way up there in the pasture grazing.

Frankie enjoying a little spring grass.

Emma rubbing her horns, her favorite past time.

The stream below has been fenced off because it is protected and is very mucky at the bottom. They will just have to be happy looking at it.