If you’ve read “Gardening Part 1 – Digging my way to Oz” , you’ll remember that I have green paws! I told you all about the work I was doing on the grass area called a lawn and how my bipeds were so impressed they said it was becoming a rabbit warren.
It wasn’t many days after that, when the bipeds started some work of their own in the garden. They moved some plants – I discovered why it had been a failure when I’d moved them. It seems you have to make the new hole for them and pop them in it, plants are totally helpless! Then my bipeds did some digging and moved earth away – they didn’t let me help with any of this. I was surprised to see that the hole was deeper than any that I had dug, but it was a very boring shape. Then they made some sort of edging which was raised up a little. I heard them say it should keep the bark inside the area. That made no sense at all, I can bark louder than a lot of dogs and I was fairly sure that even if I stood inside this area the dogs at the other end of the street would still be able to hear me.
They brought out some big bags that they said contained bark. I was curious to see what barks looked like as I’d only heard them. I soon discovered they were talking about pieces of the rough skin from trees! Apparently bipeds use it in the garden to stop weeds. They put all this bark into the area they’d been digging. The male biped spread it out so that it was quite flat. Just when I thought he was going to fetch his big spirit level to check it, I heard the female say, “That’ll do, it’s flat enough!” I wasn’t particularly impressed with the results of their work, my efforts were always much more artistic.
They then started to do some really strange things. I don’t often see my bipeds down on their hands and knees and, I must say, it is usually quite entertaining when they are. They started scratching at the bark with their hands and saying what fun it was. I was glad that they were having a laugh and I was enjoying watching them playing. I settled myself down comfortably to see what they would do next.
They stopped and had a little chat and then they went and fetched some of my toys and some treats. They started playing with my toys, but I was having so much fun just watching them playing that I didn’t join in. Then they started scattering treats around, so I decided that now they really did need my help! When I had cleared up what they had scattered, one of them started burying treats and then digging them back up. I decided to show them that I could get the treats back up much more efficiently than they could. This made them laugh! They kept burying treats to see how fast I could get to them. We had a wonderful time playing in the bark.
I really liked this bark area and worked on making it a little more artistic every day. If I ever started to dig anywhere else in the garden, one of my bipeds would take me across to my special place with one of my outdoor toys and we’d have a game. Sometimes I’d find a few treats had been left there. The bipeds were always so thrilled when I continued my improvements to this area that I didn’t have time to continue with my work on the rabbit warren in the lawn. This bark area became my special place in the garden – so special that I named it Clowie’s Corner.
I was a little bit sorry to leave it behind when we moved to Spain. I am happy to say that I have since discovered a new place special enough to be named Clowie’s Corner, but I’ll tell you about that another week.
See you next Wednesday!
I agree with you Clowie about plants – can’t see why so much time is spent on something so helpless and it doesn’t even bark! Not that I do too much of that.
I was about to book my ticket over to come and stay with you when I realised that your ‘treat patch’ was not in Spain where you live now.
If I had a treat patch like that I’m not sure Beloved could get me out for a walk.
Maybe I should begin digging the garden so that I could have one?
That’s right, I had to leave it behind in England – it’s probably growing plants there now! They might give you one, if you show as much flair for gardening as I did!
Clowie’s Corner – what a great idea 😉
We were all happy with it!
I’s been waitin and watin for part 2 🙂 Yooo had your own corner, how fabs that:) I try helpin out in the garden, I can do it al ot quicker, but my services are never required:(
Can’t wait to hear what new corner yooo’s have.
Have a great day
Big Huggies Mollie 🙂 x
Thank you! I hope you have a great day as well. I was very determined to garden, whether they wanted my help or not!
What clever parents, giving you your own Clowie’s corner to decorate. Looking forward to hearing about your new one
We had lots of fun there and they were really pleased when I continued improving that corner!
We look forward to Clowie’s corner 🙂
Thank you!
That was EVER so clever of your bipeds to make a special FUN spot for you to dig and play instead of allowing the rabbit warren to spread EVERYWHERE courtesy of Clowie the Giant Rabbit! 😀 Bipeds can be confusing sometimes but then they’ll do something that makes SO MUCH SENSE we realize that they are almost as smart as we animals are!!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
The huge rabbit warren would have been amazing, if I’d finished it! But that corner of the garden was very special to me.
That was such a fun story, I could almost see you being ‘artistic’ in your bipeds garden. You could be a landscaper and help the neighbors re-arrange their gardens too, if you were a biped. But it seems so much more fun to play and look for treats all day!
Thank you! I’m sure I could improve other gardens, that rabbit warren would have been a wonderful. But, as you rightly say, I’ve been far too busy having fun in my special corner.
Your bipeds are wicked smart and you are wicked helpful. They’re lucky to have you!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Thank you! I do like to help with all sorts of things.
You are so lucky to have enlightened humans, mine seem to think me helping in the garden is a hindrance.
Looking forward to hearing more about your corner 🙂
Be persistent! I was very determined to dig and they caught on in the end.
Hi stopped by after taking ages to find your new post in all my emails. If you could direct me to a good photo, can I pop you on my blogger buddies page and follow you from there?
Best wishes Molly
Yes, that would be nice! There’s one of me with a chew in my gallery or the one on my gravatar is just my head. Is one of those ok?
Will pop you on a little bit and everybody welcomed.
Best wishes Molly
I’ve already checked out a few of your pals that I hadn’t met and I’ll visit some more later. Thank you!
Excellent work my friend ,Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m glad you liked it.
your bipeds are geniuses!
Sometimes! I’m still working on their training though.
Wow – Clowie’s Corner really does sound awesome!! I’d have loved to see your bipeds trying to dig and bury like you, I bet you’re way better than them buddy!! 🙂
Wags to all
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Yes, even they realised I was much better at it than they were and were happy for me to take over for them!
Clowie, we can’t believe your parents didn’t put your digging skills to work! You are obviously so much better at it than they are! With a better artistic sense as well.
I’ve come to the conclusion that they like a really flat and boring piece of grass – most bipeds seem to have one.
Oh Clowie!!! Pawsome!!!…but errrrr..ummm..do you think the bipeds might have been sticking your treats in the places they wanted a hole, but didn’t want to do the work??? just a thought…
Hmmm, they can be extremely cunning at times, I’ll think about it!
You had your own garden – i am so jealous!!
Yes, and I could dig as much as I wanted without getting moaned at! Brilliant!
You are very lucky, you have trained your two legs well!
I can be very persistent! But I’m still working on their training, there’s lots of room for improvement.
Of that I have no doubt there always is!!
How true!
Hi Remington here….thanks for stopping by my blog….nice to meet you! My that is an interesting post! Sounds like you have a lot of fun!
I do have lots of fun! Thank you for visiting me, it’s lovely to see you.
Oh, sweet Clowie we see you are a great gardener just like Chancy. He has two special places where he digs up roots, plants, digs up and replants all the time. We call them Chancy’s gardens. We like your Clowie’s Corner and happy you have found a great place for one at your new home. We will be looking forward to seeing it. Happy gardening! Hugs and nose kisses
Thank you. I really do enjoy gardening!
Do Spanish dogs bark different to English dogs?
They have an accent, but you hardly notice it – we all understand each other!
Great writing, thanks for shareing! 🙂
Thank you.