our summer vegetable garden was growing by leaps and bounds. and
then...just like THAT...90% of our beans disappeared. we noticed a few
of the leaves chopped off on monday, and by tuesday morning, we had ten
left of the forty-some plants that had grown to three inches tall.
yesterday, we noticed one of our beautiful broccoli plants was eaten to
a stalk...and then i stumbled upon something else growing in our
garden: a nest of five itty, bitty baby bunnies. they must be one or two
days old now, and they sit nestled under our three strongest lima bean
plants. *sigh*
what do i do with my need-to-save-the-baby-bunnies heart, and my
newfound love of all things gardening and growing our own food? folks
out here would tell us to drown the babes without thinking
twice...they're mama could be the culprit of our missing beans plants!
however, we've spotted three groundhogs on the premises over the past
few days, and they're more likely to eat beans and broccoli than
rabbits. apparently. and we couldn't care less for the groundhogs.
kenny sprinkled cayenne powder over most of the plants last night, and
nothing disappeared overnight. so the bunnies are staying put for now.
until we give in and decide we are growing food, not bunnies.
in other farming news...does anyone have any experience growing
rhubarb? i picked some up at our local farm stand a few weeks ago and
made rhubarb sauce, which i love. kenny never had it before. i guess
it's a taste that one needs to acquire? i'd like to grow it...but don't
want to wait years and years to harvest. does anyone know if i could
get a splitting from a plant and would it transplant well for a harvest
as early as next year?
* THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE: the baby bunnies are gone as of this morning. it looks as though the mother took them to a safer place...or the neighbor's cat had a really nice breakfast. *