The Rabbit Haven

As we were playing at our neighbor's house the other day, Laura showed the girls a little rabbit's nest, where three little bunnies were resting inside. Can I get a collective "Aw"?

But the thing that struck me was even standing right next to it, you could barely see it. And then when you WERE standing on top of it with your face inches away, it still just looked like a clump of dead grass, leftover from last week's mowing. She went on to tell me that two of our other neighbors also had rabbit's nests in the middle of their yards.

I remember as a little girl, my dad accidentally mowed over a nest. I was horrified when I heard it, wondering how he could be so blind as to run over baby rabbits. NOW, as I look down on the near-invisible nest, I can understand it. Why on earth do the rabbits build the nests like that? Right in the middle of a yard?! Haven't they taken note of the large number of snakes slithering about?!!

Do YOU see the bunny? Would you have mowed it over without given it a second thought? I'm thinking I may have. Crazy. But despite the rabbit's poor choice of nursery locations, they seem to be thriving. Because our neighborhood has rabbits ALL OVER the place! It isn't unusual to see three or four of them playing around in your backyard. And then a whole other set of them over in your neighbor's.

Thankfully, our garden is over at my parent's house. THOUGH if you want a tip on how to keep rabbits out of your garden...put dried blood (which also acts as a fertilizer) around the perimeter of the garden. It's supposed to keep critters out.