Me in my garden viewing rabbit damage.
POSTED BY KIM — I was going to take a picture of my blooming pussy willow for today’s blog, but it started raining, so forget that.
Instead, I’m going to talk about my two greatest gardening pet peeves: 1). rabbits, and 2). hoses that kink.
I have a fenced backyard. I have seen a full-grown rabbit miraculously transport itself through the links in my fence. I guess that somehow they’re able to contort their bodies so they can smush through those little fence holes at a full run. *And it makes me SO MAD.*
Rabbits can also climb fences. We’ve had customers tell us that they’ve seen rabbits scale chicken wire that’s been placed around plants for protection. I believe it. Last spring we had a rabbit make a nest and GIVE BIRTH on one of our potting tables in our little quonset hut. That table is 3 feet off the ground!
Here’s a million-dollar idea, and I’m going to give it away for free: someone needs to develop a birth-control product for rabbits. BANG — you’re a millionaire.
For anyone who’s interested, here’s a handout we put together on plants that rabbits and deer tend to avoid.
The other thing that really makes me crazy is my garden hose. My dad is a retired engineer, andI I’ve suggested that he develop a hose that truly doesn’t kink — another million-dollar idea. I would pay a lot of money for this mystical hose, but I don’t think it really exists (and believe me, I’ve tried many). I also tend to drive over them with my car, which doesn’t help.
Here’s a funny picture I found on the Internet that sums up my garden hose experience.
