Baby bunnies cannot be considered varmints in the garden… Even though their Mama may be munching through your salad garden keeping the cute little babies fed. No, baby bunnies are considered cute critters until they venture out into the world and eat your basil plant one night. To a rabbit, a row of flowering annuals is a salad bar, throw in a few herb plants for seasoning! This is when cute starts to run thin.
Last year baby bunnies were born and raised inside the greenhouse. Mama rabbit slipped in a hole for pipes and made her nest among some large stevia plants. We had to delay shipping some plants until the babies had moved out. This year they were found in the remnants of our wood pile. We stacked some extra logs around them for protection from predators, they should be safe!
Every year we share our growing space with several species of the local fauna.Tree frogs, toads, lizards and snakes all share greenhouse space with our plants. We are growing herb plants for all reasons; therefore we see no reason to use poison when growing them. In our greenhouse we have many allies from beneficial insects to the above mentioned critters helping us keep plants free from harmful pest.
So here we have another reason to buy your herbs and flowering annuals from The Growers- Exchange.com. Not only do we ship you great plants at great prices. You will be helping the environment by providing habitat to all the critters living among our plants.
Beatrix Potter would be proud…glad you didn’t take Mr MacGregor’s advice.