tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post216347867795207505..comments2024-03-29T05:16:33.586-04:00Comments on ArtofGardening.org: Kill the wabbit, KILL THE WABBIT!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-74402617621612367532014-03-10T23:05:10.129-04:002014-03-10T23:05:10.129-04:00They got my Japanese Maple years ago and took out ...They got my Japanese Maple years ago and took out the rose standard this year. You are right on the snow cover. I am wondering what else they got too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-15699333066530645832014-02-28T10:41:17.455-05:002014-02-28T10:41:17.455-05:00“All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Tho...“All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”<br />― Richard Adams, Watership Down <br /><br />I guess this was one of those instances where he got caught, killed and eaten. Oh and thanks for the Crockpot Rabit Stew recipe. I will try it next time I find rabbit in the supermarket ... although I cannot remember seeing any here in the UK although I have seen it often on the Continent.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688509166643451425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-86733060489364359622014-02-28T10:34:08.530-05:002014-02-28T10:34:08.530-05:00I'm not very familiar with the problem for rab...I'm not very familiar with the problem for rabbits and winter since most of my plant growing has been in the tropics although there once as a child I had ducks and one day they went on a spree and nibbled all the leaves off my Four O'clocks (yes I started gardening at a very early age). I was mad at them but forgave them but when they started feasting on the vegetable of the farm my parents said we had to eat them and/or give them away. I was not happy and ironically several decades later on they tried to start a duck farming project but none of their ducks laid any viable eggs ... mine just bred like ... rabbits.<br />Is there no way that you can protect the tree by perhaps wrapping it in burlap or something thick but flexible so the rabbits do not do any more damage? I hope you trees recover.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688509166643451425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-30043993711771292002014-02-27T11:52:48.755-05:002014-02-27T11:52:48.755-05:00I love your rabbit story. Such a happy ending, exc...I love your rabbit story. Such a happy ending, except, of course for, Buck. Not a good day for Buck.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-33124591370846085952014-02-27T11:48:55.456-05:002014-02-27T11:48:55.456-05:00I read up on rabbits. Many do not make it through ...I read up on rabbits. Many do not make it through the winters, but they are such prodigious breeders that the losses don't amount to much on whole.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-12857842574391080832014-02-27T11:46:19.729-05:002014-02-27T11:46:19.729-05:00I do blame it on the weather. Ive had the rabbits ...I do blame it on the weather. Ive had the rabbits around for years without this much damage. Usually we share some of what I grow in teh garden, but they've never done any significant damage.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-36995572065705305172014-02-27T11:31:57.017-05:002014-02-27T11:31:57.017-05:00My own wabbit tale...http://www.talking-to-plants....My own wabbit tale...http://www.talking-to-plants.blogspot.com/2014/02/rabbits-in-garden-life-as-we-know-it.html<br /><br />You'll like the ending!Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275379577689130061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-7674657252406008322014-02-26T08:38:05.066-05:002014-02-26T08:38:05.066-05:00Those wabbits. They are wicked. I'm hoping the...Those wabbits. They are wicked. I'm hoping the snowy, bitter cold winter has done ours in.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-8121682788420744522014-02-26T08:37:17.297-05:002014-02-26T08:37:17.297-05:00Ugh, sorry to hear they did such a number on your ...Ugh, sorry to hear they did such a number on your espalier fruit trees. Usually I have to worry about the rabbits girdling the main trunk of our trees, but this year the snow was so high so fast that they can only get the mid-level branches, which I'm OK sacrificing. I hope your trees come back!El Gauchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123486882754116176noreply@blogger.com