Scoundrels & Scallywags

I'm glad my bunny tales are giving you peeps a good laugh.  Reading your comments has helped me keep a sense of humor over this silly situation.  That last post is just a small example of what’s been going on around here.  All these fuzzy rabbits are cute for sure, but it can be alarming to see so many of them running amok and browsing the garden, especially knowing that the gestation period for these critters is only about a month. You can do the math. Sometimes I think Mrs. McGregor had the right idea!  Fortunately, I won’t have to do anything as drastic as putting rabbits into pies though (or hasenpfeffer), because I’ve found the numbers decrease naturally as the months pass.  We were actually somewhat relieved to see a falcon surveying the backyard the other day.  By summertime most of the rabbits are gone due to predators of one kind or another, but in the meantime, I’ve been covering a few plants with cages, and the Mister sprayed the premises with his magic concoction (deer repellent recipe) again this weekend, which also deters rabbits.  No sense offering up a salad bar for heaven's sake.  Besides there are plenty of ‘volunteers’ like this one that need "natural pruning".  Isn't it amazing how borage (and other plants) can spring up like this out of a tiny crack?  Right now the girls and I are planting our vegetable garden in the fortress, and so far we have lots of spring greens, like spinache, lettuces, cabbage, and sweet peas, both flower and vegetable varieties in the ground.  I'm also moving forward on the front-yard landscape we started last year.  Another sporatic work in progress.  And so I've been looking for ornamental trees again.  Yesterday, we were at a friend's birthday party in the park, and this gorgeous dogwood caught my eye.  So pretty, with little English Daisies scattered in the grass all around it.  I'm on the hunt for one of these now.  Anyone recognize this, or know what it's called?

Comments

[Miss Paula]

It's called a white polka dot tree! Just kidding. Everything looks beautiful!

[bs honey]

Miss Paula is right, it's "not" a white polka dot tree. Wish I had a name for you, sadly I don't. It is a pretty tree though.

Hubby and I have been working in our yard, also. Today, we are trying our green thumbs at planting tomatoes up side down in hanging pots. Hope it works. Then you can visit, and we'll have iced tea with red, juicy tomatoes, mayo, black pepper, on fresh baked bread. Oow, makes me drool....gotta' go eat.

[Val]

The pink Dogwood is even prettier and tends to grow slower..The daisies are lovely but can become very invasives..I'm not sure what the tree is because I can't see it real well but like Paula's white polka dot tree response..Val

[Natalie]

Oh the wee beasties. I remember a first garden salad of a long ago Spring. As we ate my husband asked what it would take for us to grow all of our own food. I sat and contemplated, when he heard a rustling in the garden. Our pet bunnies had escaped and in no time they had already mowed every last leaf and sprout!

[Adla]

wonderful that you've protected your salad bar from getting destroyed. I'm not to sure about the last picture, could it be a standard white bougainvillea?

[cindy]

I love your pictures and can relate to the bunny tales. We have them, and deer too, so pesky this time of year when everything is budding and they eat them down to the nub in no time flat.Our cats sort of keep a handle on them but thats awful too! Good luck with yours. I just found you so I am going to check out the great looking stuff you made over at flickr :)

[Gumbo Lily]

The tree looks like it might be a plum. We have American plum trees that bloom about now, very white and beautiful and strong smelling.

Jody