Cowa-Bummer, Dude

Foreground: Root ball remnants of one of five lovely vines Ernie and Mary Ann gave me for Christmas. My idea was they were going to grow up the west wall of the house to shade it from the brutal setting sun.

Background: You can just make out the hole in the rocks where the plant used to be buried.

Out of photo: Cow tracks all over the place

Conclusion: Cows can't blame the CHICKENS for this one. They ate the leaves off all the plants and when they got down to the nubs they pulled a couple of them up completely for good measure. These plants were even touted as deer proof, but unfortunately the cows seemed to take that as a challenge. I did stick the root balls back in the ground but I'm not too optimistic or their long term prospects... the cows come-a-call'n to our home every few months.