Doctor Domestic

I was feeling pretty darned good about myself yesterday.  The garden beds are nearly ready for planting, and our beautiful bunny repellent border was planted.  Marigolds…everyone told me marigolds work wonders against bunnies.

So you may imagine my suprise and horror when I peered out my bedroom window first thing this morning to find not one, not two, but THREE bunnies hanging out at the marigold border as if it was the hot new night club in town.  And I believe that one was munching on the marigold leaves.

Paparazzi Shot of the Offending Bunny

Here is the ensuing conversation I had with my barely awake husband:

me: “What the, WHAT????????”

sleepy husband: “What’s going on?”

me: “There are three bunnies hanging out at my marigold border, and one is eating the flowers!!!”

(I quickly dress and throw on some shoes)

sleepy husband (yelling at me as I descend the stairs): “I bet there are some bunny repellents we can buy”

me (in my crazy voice): “I bet there are some GUNS I can buy!”

sleepy husband (yelling as I grab the camera and leave the house): “This is why there are waiting periods!”

I was incredulous.  These bunnies were essentially giving my marigold border the middle finger.

The Defiant One

As I write this, my slightly less sleepy husband is researching products which we can purchase (ammo not included) that will repel the bunnies.  So far he has found a number of products both natural and chemical in nature, as well as blood meal and chicken wire.  As you can see from the above picture, there is a wonderful bunny-sized entrance straight into our garden.  We will be patching that either with a large rock or some chicken wire.  The blood meal is supposed to repel animals (maybe its bunny blood meal) and the natural product sprays employ substances such as rotten egg and garlic extract.

I will certainly keep everyone updated on what works and what doesn’t, because if we can’t learn from eachothers’ mistakes, what are we left to do? Yup, purchase pellet guns.

Tags: Gardening