Our organic garden is doing quite well. So well in fact that we are starting to see some of the "Fruits" of our labour. But what has gone on so far you ask??
Well, you saw the original set up, and a little of the planting, but since then we have had a few troubles with the local rabbit population. Apparently there just isn't enough for the little guys to eat without them munching our our growing veggies. They particularly seemed to like the corn and the broccoli. Well, after all our planning and all our hard work, we were not going to let the bunnies eat our food without a fight.
Several weeks ago we decided to upgrade our existing fence system, which used to look like this:
It included a plastic netting in between the wooden slats of the fence, which last year worked fine in keeping the rabbits out. This year the bunnies broke through in several places. Onto plan B. We bought and installed closely spaced lattice. Of course, this seems like a simple task, but each piece had to be cut to size and stained to protect it, so it ended up taking most of the weekend to complete.
That should have been the end of it, at least we hoped, but we've actually seen the rabbit jump over the fence. We found a few places that seemed too small for a rabbit to get in, but actually weren't, and filled those in the best we could.
Thankfully that seems to have kept them out at least for a while.
Since the rabbit problem seems to have been fixed, we have focussed on getting everything planted and weeded. We have even enjoyed a batch of fresh strawberries!
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