The Rabbit Menace

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Clarissa

June 4, 2015

I just looked out of the window, and you won’t believe what I saw:

Yes! A rabbit, lying voluptuously among my sunflowers. Just observe how happy the little fucker looks!

I approached the enclosure and clapped my hands. The rabbit tried to get out and got stuck in the netting:

For a while, it just flailed there, making me worry that it would hurt itself and then I’d have to tend to a wounded rabbit. And then finally it just ran away:

So guess who will now have to schlep out into the garden to reinforce the netting?

I’m seriously shocked with how hard farming is.

P.S. Click on the photos and then press Ctrl and + at the same time to see the rabbit better.

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16 responses to “The Rabbit Menace”

cliff arroyo

June 4, 2015

Rabbits can jump. Netting only works if it covers everything.

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1. Clarissa
  
  June 4, 2015
  
  It covers everything! But the stakes that attach the netting to the ground are spaced out (physically, not psychologically). So the little bugger crept under the the netting and squeezed its fat ass through the fence.
  
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  1. cliff arroyo
    
    June 5, 2015
    
    It’s like the squirrels, the rabbit has a much higher stake in eating your sunflowers than you do in protecting them from it.
    
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    1. Clarissa
      
      June 5, 2015
      
      Why does it have a higher stake? Do the sunflowers symbolize their national identity in the time of war?
      
      I have taken to calling the rabbits “vicious Putinoids”, by the way.
      
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      1. cliff arroyo
        
        June 5, 2015
        
        They represent food of the highest caliber (for rabbits) in a protected environment no less (that netting keeps them safe from foxes) and face it, what else does the rabbit have to do all day besides think of how to devour the delicious food you’re thoughtfully supplying for it?
        
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  2. stille
    
    June 5, 2015
    
    Try getting some wire netting and pushing that directly into the soil around the stakes, so it covers the gaps? Not sure chillies (especially barely-planted seeds) will be much of a deterrent.
    
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Jones

June 4, 2015

Right, so when are you going to give up on sunflowers and start growing ornamental chilli peppers, which the rabbits probably won’t eat? 🙂

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1. Clarissa
  
  June 4, 2015
  
  The fucker ate my biggest sunflower! I’m really getting ready to get a rifle and a hunting permit.
  
  I’m so cooking the rabbit I’ve had in the freezer for a while. And I will sit on the deck and eat it and yell “Come here and look at me devour your brother, rabbit!”
  
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  1. Jones
    
    June 4, 2015
    
    So now we know that Clarissa is not likely to become a “peaceful vegan” anytime soon … 🙂
    
    I wasn’t really joking about the chilli peppers — mixing them in with the sunflowers might actually help.
    
    There’s actually a “chile pepper institute” in the US — it’s at New Mexico State University …
    
    http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/
    
    Otherwise, let me know how such things as Bugs Bunny Sate and Bugs Bunny à la Bourguignonne work out … 🙂
    
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    1. Clarissa
      
      June 4, 2015
      
      I will be buying chili pepper seeds first thing tomorrow, my friend! I love eating them so it’s a good idea no matter what.
      
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susan gilbert

June 5, 2015

You might try making a Clarissa size scarecrow, armed with a large gun-shaped stick and planting that in amongst the sunflowers.

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1. Clarissa
  
  June 5, 2015
  
  I do have one, actually. Do you think it might help?
  
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  1. Jones
    
    June 5, 2015
    
    [sneaks in and puts a hi-viz vest and a balaclava on your scarecrow]
    
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Anonymous

June 6, 2015

You don’t know anything about rabbits. You chose to live in an area with lush greenery. That area is habitat for lots of other organisms. But it seems that since YOU moved there, that those organisms (rabbits at this moment) are undesirable. Well, my goodness. What a dominator are you. Maybe you should take a bit from your well organized schedule and read up on the Eastern Cottontail. It’s a really interesting animal. They do quite a bit more good than harm — unless, of course, they ANNOY YOU. In that case, kill them.

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1. Clarissa
  
  June 6, 2015
  
  The posts about rabbits are humorous. And you need to visit a psychiatrist. Freak.
  
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  1. Jones
    
    June 6, 2015
    
    WE FOUND YOUR SCARECROW
    
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