2013 #14: Today's "Gardening" Adventures

I love your picture, MsDeb! Tracking those pesky rabbits was easier than you thought it was going to be, wasn’t it? Ha-ha.

The last few days of mild temps took all our snow away….but last night a thin layer came back. (I’m going to go out and sprinkle some poppy seeds) Those bunny tracks will show up very nicely—all fresh from last night.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Rabbit tracking, gardeners like yourself sure have some interesting adventures Debbie! It looks like a late Spring where you are. It’s pretty cold here too, but no snow.

-- Mike the reluctant gardening assistant of Lillian

yesterday the snow was disappearing fast … today, it’s a nice, thick blanket again.

Yes, Iris, the rabbit tracking was much easier than I thought. I wasn’t sure how I was going to tell if they’d been nibbling. Turns out that I didn’t need to look for the nibbles – just the tracks. Thank goodness that it snowed :D

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Your anti-rabbit spray looks to be successful. How long the effect will last any idea? Who snapped your photo? It is very nice. Here the max day temp. was 95 F and min. was 59 F.

Sharadf

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

I think it is supposed to last a couple of months.

I took the photo myself—holding the camera at arm’s length.

95F … oh how … HOT !!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I thought that the proper Elmer Fudd spelling was Wabbit!

-- A weed is a plant that is growing where it was not purposefully placed by human hands.

yes, yes…. the waskelly wabbits

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

We saw all kinds of tracks around here yesterday and were wondering what they were for sure. Last night we had company over for dinner and upon their leaving there were a couple of racoons sitting on our porch beside the door. If we opened it a crack they tried to get inside. Fortunately they were not successful. They were fairly young and I managed to steer them to the front lawn where they “made tracks” similar to those we had seen. Bold little critters.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

they must have been lost. I hope Mamma was ok.

they are cute little gaffers, aren’t they!!—outside of the house that is haha. (well, unless you have one as a family member… not that I’m recommending taking a creature from the wild as a pet… )

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

After my experience with the baby racoons last year, I am very leary of them. We have had a problem with skunks in this area recently. Last summer they tunnelled under my garage floor and made the garage so smelly my eyes watered to go in it. I struggled all summer to get rid of them and hopefully, was finally successful. Now my friend, (Lurker) has them under her gardening shed. A loud radio seems to be the most successful at discouraging them.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'