Without so much as a yip, growl, whine or woof from her, two elk cows helped themselves to my entire garden this morning. They ate all the leaves off the sunflowers that were just about ready to bloom. My young pear tree is just a stick now. And they pulled the juicy hearts out of the native century plants, exactly the way I would eat an artichoke. Without the lemon-butter sauce, of course. They also did a fine job of getting birdseed out of the feeder. They didn't care for the tomato plants, although I've seen elk eat them in the past. All in all, I think they had a wonderful banquet. I hope they give me five stars in the restaurant reviews section of the Elk Newspaper.
I looked at the dog and asked her, "Do you call yourself a guard dog?" She looked at me with an expression that clearly said that she couldn't possibly care less. I suppose a herding dog disdains to chase off garden marauders?
The elk hopped over our 5' high fence. Then they waited until we were asleep again (knowing that our dog would not molest them), went around to the front yard and ate my maple tree.
And that right there, folks, is what I love about Payson. Where else can you set a table for your neighbors in such a way?
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