Re: Rabbits

Oh, what a doll!  How old is Romeo?
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Rabbits


> > I don't know what you can do for your damage Chris; I would be so
> > dispirited.  I would probably resort to miles of cages if I didn't have
my
> > cats.  I tried to get our nursery group to build protection for our
outlying
> > bed of shrubs grown for sale, but they said it wasn't necessary this
early.
> > I just looked at them the other day and the marauders had already been
> > there.
>
> I've been thinking of robotic laser cannons, but I'd probably forget to
> turn them off when I went out in the garden.  I *have* been researching my
> great-grandmother's Basque recipe for rabbit stew and dreaming of trying
> it someday -- maybe I'll reach the breaking point and it will become
> reality.  :)
>
> This winter has been particularly bad in terms of rodent damage.  I don't
> know if it was the warmer weather or lack of snow that encouraged the
> little fuzzballs to come out, but they sure were active.  If I keep
> losing plants, I might have to give up on gardening and will just think
> about it instead (kind of like dating :)
>
> I *did* end up adopting a chow/Australian shepherd mix from the humane
> society in February, so hopefully he'll keep the barbarians at the gates.
> But I'm concerned that he might do even more damage.  :(
>
> He was at the humane society for six months and was one week away from
> euthanasia, so I had to take the poor guy home.  He already answered to
> the name of Romeo, so that's what we stuck with.  You can see him at
>
>    http://www.mallorn.com/~romeo/
>
> Chris
>
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