The last group of this season's turkeys had one final job - helping with the garden cleanup before tucking it in for the winter. They love helping in the garden, often "volunteering" by pushing through their gate into the garden area - which was fine, except they would then wander over to the fence stile, climb out, and I'd find them on the front porch!
After several hours of gobbling bugs and seeds (um - that sounds like a pun of some sort...), they were tired and waiting to go back in their own large fenced area - nothing to climb over or through in there, much easier for a fat turkey to navigate! They did a good job in the garden, and were good company for the rest of us as we cleaned up spent foliage and packed away boards and wire.
The other two-legged garden crew was tired, too. As the late afternoon sun was sinking and turning the air golden, they took a rest on the big old beam pile, fortified with animal crackers, nuts, and some water. Cheap labor!
Nikki had done her job, too - supervising everything and everyone.
We have a good time working together. And a sunny late fall day makes it perfect!
Don't you wish you had this garden gang?!
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