It is definitely the Year of The Rabbit, the rabbits killed our apple tree, the rabbits ate my new Nannybush, the rabbits ate my Honeysuckle shrubs, my new Weigela shrub, and they even ate the new Vanderwulf pine tree! It now looks like a Pom Pom tree with one Pom. We didn't even get a chance to try and save the apple tree because they girdled it completely in one night, pretty amazing. I never would have thought that they would eat bark from a tree that size. I was not the only one to experience the damaging nibbles of a cute furry animal, with the extensive and prolonged snow depth in Minnesota this year, it is a state wide tear jerker. The garden centers are happy$$.
I'm not going to talk about the long miserable Winter, because Spring is bad enough. We've been below normal in temperatures and sun, but the upside, we are out of last year's drought!
My assistant, Larry has already removed the apple tree, which will be utilized for meat smokers, garden beds, and sculptures. We have planted a peach tree, and we will take down the old cherry tree once it is done blooming. We have not decided what will go in to replace the apple tree, maybe another apple tree. We are planting a Black Hills Spruce to replace the old cherry tree.
On the upside, my parsley and oregano plants survived the winter, lots of insulation! I see signs of asparagus, the Prairie Smoke and tulips are starting to bloom, the new cherry tree looks good, the new Elderberry shrub looks good, and Fred and Ethel showed up! They were a little later than usual, but we were happy to see them!
I have 2 new beds for the East side of the house, which will probably contain flowers and vegetables. I haven't given it too much thought yet. Greenie
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| my grow box assembly helpers |
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| a window strike death- a pretty female red bellied woodpecker |
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| Our birch and crab apple trees touching the ground. They didn't break! |
Fred and Ethel
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| The girdled apple tree stump. |
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