What are rabbits favorite veggies?
Donald V Zone 6 north Ohio
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Comments (15)Well then we stubborn granite girls will just have to stick together...or knock heads. :-) I've found that if you can protect that first 6 to 8" of growth on beans, the rabbits will then leave them alone. So...a temporary buffer of some sort (chicken wire tunnel, motion activated water sprinkler, a line of carnivore/omnivore hair [hey I have shelties, they shed; and I've heard of people getting hair clippings from the local salon], pinecones, short upright sticks as pickets) can baby the new beans until they're tall enough/tough enough to not be interesting for the bunnies. Bunnies graze off the tender stuff, once the growing tip gets past their nibble height they generally look for other things to eat. I leave a patch of clover going to distract them. It usually works but last year's drought had the grass at a non-growth period and so the danged rabbits attacked my garden and ate all the beans to the dirt; every stem, every leaf. Squirrels (including boomers) like to eat the fruit off the plants...so they will grab the tomatoes and eat one bite and drop them, pick the peas, etc. And no fence will stop them. Cats help, but then they poo in your garden. This year we hope to fence the entire backyard with a short fence at the garden so that our shelties can run the yard. I'm hoping to scare the crap out of the moles, voles, bunnies and boomers by having an intermittent and unpredictable dog patrol....See MoreWhat is your favorite combo of veggies & flowers?
Comments (5)LOL! GGG, I would think something was wrong if you didn't have kelly green parsley mixed with bright orange pansies. : ) I love, love, love calendula! I haven't seen the Orange Prince, but will look it up. Your combo does sound spectacular! Until recently I had those dark purple, almost black, pansies growing around my broccoli. The gray-green of the broccoli leaves was a nice contrast to the deeper color of the pansies. But now the broccoli leaves have turned really dark - pretty, but too dark with the pansies so I moved the pansies. They are now in the birdbath in front of the porch. And last summer I had my Bells of Ireland growing next to cinnamon basil. I loved the color of the basil leaves - almost a burgundy - with the soft, minty green of the bells. I have bells popping up all over that potager bed, so I should be able to repeat the combo if my basil comes back. It appears to be alive, so we'll see. Diana...See MoreMy girl's favorite new food: Rabbit Poop
Comments (8)My 13yr old lab had a bunny poop feast last week and it definitely did not agree with him. He went out in the back after breakfast and stayed out much longer than usual. I didn't think anything of it. When he finally came back inside he did not feel well at all. He walked around panting and finally threw up ( on the rug of course) these little brown balls. It took me a few minutes to figure out what it was- totally grossed out! I was grossed out, but at the same time surprised about how sick it made him. I figured it affected him that way because of his age........Now knowing about your dog, maybe bunny poop just doesn't agree with dogs. Hope both our dogs learn to stay away from it!...See MoreLOOKING for: What's your favorite veggie cookbook?
Comments (49)I am not a vegetarian, but love vegetables, grains and legumes and am as happy eating vegetarian dishes as meat dishes. I love the two cookbooks produced by the owners of Greens restaurant in San Francisco, titled, "The Greens Cookbook" and "Fields of Greens". They are wonderful books full of recipes delicious to long time vegetarians as well as dabblers or outright omnivores. They are written with a true appreciation for variety and balance, using ingredients that almost everyone would be familiar with. A few years ago, I began to teach myself how to cook the foods of India, and found a wonderful book called, "Dakshin..Vegetarian Cuisine From South India" which is a wonderful introduction to a cuisine and method of eating that is vastly different from what most of us are accustomed to, but quite delicious and satisfying. Be warned that if you are unaccustomed to eating spicy hot food, as in food prepared with chili peppers, you should probably cut down the amounts that are listed in the recipes. Also, you will be using many spices that you might be unfamiliar with and might be hard to find if you don't have a local Indian grocery store. However, there are many sources on line. The cuisine also makes ample use of Curry Leaves, which are an herb that really has nothing to do with what we think of as curry. They are a pungent, strongly flavored tree-leaf that nothing can really substitute for. In fact, the first time I bought some, I thought they smelled like a mix of B.O. and old socks. But cooked into food, they lend a wonderful depth of flavor. Most cookbooks will tell you to use cilantro instead, which is a completely different flavor, but compatible to most recipes that call for Curry Leaves. Again, you can find them in Indian grocery stores. They last quite a long time in the refrigerator, and I have had some success freezing them. Dried Curry Leaves aren't worth the bother....See MoreHU-939938193
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