Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for June 11, 2024

Garden spy camera at work.

“Release the cat!”

Shoot it! Better than squirrels to eat!!

What’s up Doc?

There was a race between a Lettuces, a Nose, and a Tomato.

The Lettuces was a head. The Nose was running. And the Tomato was trying to katch-up,

The rule of thumb for gardeners is, plant 3 times what you need. Bad weather and varmints take their fair share.

I have a rabbit nest under my rosemary bush every year. The baby bunnies are so cute! But we also have enough predators around (hawks, eagles, foxes, etc) that it keeps the rabbits in balance. Otherwise we’d be hip deep in them.

but he’s so cute …

does the drone have a speaker on it? can it play wagner?

Bunny profiling is an art and a science.

The one who waves at the camera is always the troublemaker.

Smile. You’re on candid camera drone.

Rabbits don’t seem all that fond of garden produce. I had a kitchen garden for over a decade- the raccoons, birds, and bugs all enjoyed my efforts, but he bunnies ignored it.

Years later, rabbits established a warren under my (ugly) juniper hedge, which they eventually killed by chewing through the entire root system, but they left my next door neighbor’s garden alone- 10 feet away.

Release the M-80!

I see rabbits here, but it’s the deer that eat my garden.

Just don’t call Elmer Fudd