This morning when I was cleaning up under the ladder with the girls following as usual, Bluebell hopped up onto the bottom rung. This made me think that they were ready to be encouraged onto the ladder.
In the afternoon I took some grapes into the girls and lined them up at the top of the ladder.
The girls can see the grapes at the top of the ladder
Pepper was the first one to jump onto the ladder.
Pepper gets a grape
Pepper has got the hang of this
The one thing I did realise was that the ladder needs some extra rungs. Pepper was walking up and down the support rather then being able to step from rung to rung. I decided to buy another tree support and my husband is going to add the extra rungs.
Bluebell has a go
Bluebell gets a grape
My husband didn’t want me to include this photo as he thinks he looks rather glum. I think he was just absorbed and liked the photo as it captures bluebell grabbing the grape.
Pepper about to grab another grape
At the top of the ladder
About to jump down
I am impatient to add the extra rungs so am off to the garden centre for another tree support.
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