Part 2 - St. Lawrence Nursery

I continued walking the grounds of St. Lawrence Nursery and found friendly barn cats here, there and everywhere:

There were free range chickens, safely confined in a fenced but very large pasture:

And once I'd moved off to the side, I got a nice view of the greenhouse, home and windmill:

This picture doesn't signify anything. I just thought it made for an attractive tableau, an interesting mix of colors, shapes and textures:

There were many fields with nice rows of carefully marked fruit trees, grape vines and what they call "edible landscaping." The giant white bales seemed to be compost, imported from Canada:

A collection of workers' tools, including compost, pallets, hoses, buckets and a specialized wheelbarrow:

A shed full of tools:

And another greenhouse, this one also used for storage instead of plants:

This gray cat was so friendly that I tried to take his picture. But whenever I'd back up to snap a photo, he'd rush forward to stay close to me. In the end, I was hunched over, holding my camera and trying to jog backwards, laughing giddily. It's a good thing no one saw me doing it:

The old Lab was friendly, but shied away whenever I'd point my camera at him. So I had to snap his picture from a distance:

This cat looked and acted so much like my Rocky that at times it seemed like I'd known him for years:

All in all, I found St. Lawrence Nursery a friendly place with relaxed people in spite of their busy work schedule this time of year. I'll let you know in a year or two how my four new fruit trees survived. I found not one, but two cats lounging around my car when it came time to leave. I had to rev the motor and make sure they'd cleared the area before I pulled away: