Apologies for the radio silence! Chauncey has been a bit under the weather lately and much of his gardening time has been spent trying to outsmart deer who have been grazing in the front yard. An entire bed of day lilies, just about to bloom, was lost in a single night. These flowers must be like deer candy, as there is obviously plenty of other things to eat in the neighborhood. Fortunately, after some research, it seems that Flowering Cherry Trees are "deer resistant." I'm in the process of acquiring such a tree and plan to dig up the rest of the beds when feeling better.
In other pest news, we had a palm-sized visitor in the garden this morning--yes, actually in the fenced-off garden. What could possibly get inside the poultry-wired plot? An 8 ounce bunny, of course! The photo above is a tad on the Loch-Ness-monster side, I realize, but I can assure that Mr. Baby Bun does exist. And, as the second photograph clearly attests, he likes beets. Smart bunny.
Smart, cute bunny. Damario my little garden gnome planted some beets. He is quite possesive and very proud of his plants. I was going to put up a fence to keep the deer out of my garden. However if my plants can stand up to the little garden gnome tromping through my garden the deer aren't going to do any damage with their tiny hoof prints.
ReplyDeleteToo cute. Will he eat the beets he grows?
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