My crazy friend sent a pic of goat coats she knitted for her neighbors' goats, after I sent her one of calf coats I had posted on the TX forum. She called them "Coats for Goats." But she outdid herself with my new gardening hat. The neighbors already think I'm a little nutty about my garden. This probably seals the deal! I'm probably going to need wine before I I venture outside again.

Cute hat!

I'm curious how much work is involved in putting coats on calves and goats. Perhaps you have a possible opportunity helping a Kindergarten teacher get her little ones ready to go home on cold afternoons?
If you share wine with the neighbors and maybe they will want a hat of their own! (If so make sure you get free weeding in exchange!) Either way, it's a great gift from a good friend so wear it with pride!

https://garden.org/thread/view... This started the discussion about covering calfs in the cold. Consensus was ...not a good idea

https://garden.org/thread/view... And after seeing the coats, my friend decided to knit sweaters for her neighbors' baby goats in Arizona. Which turned out to be a great idea, as they were keeping them in the house, in diapers.

Which eventually led to her deciding to knit me an appropriate ski cap that could double as a garden hat or disguise.

LOVE the hat Pour me a glass of wine too please - I'll be right there

Off to read your links...

What a great hat. Looking at those Goat coats has me thinking about my poor Sulcata tortoise. We had a 24 hour power out yesterday and I know he's cold out in his house, he doesn't hibernate as he's an African tortoise, maybe I should be knitting him a sweater for power outs.

Maybe the tortoise could benefit from some human "cuddling" tonight!

That hat is hilarious.
I'm in Calif. If you wore that out in public here, no one would give it a second thought ! LOL

Same here! Just doing my part to "Keep Austin Weird!"