This little rabbit has been growing at a quick pace, chomping on any and every plant in its path, but happily keeping mostly to the grass, which could use a trim anyway. While we typically shoo these away – they can do some significant damage to garden plants and vegetables – this year the baby was too cute to scare off, so we’ve been allowing it a fair share of petunias and sweet potato vines in exchange for poses like this.
Such is the evolution of my gardening parameters – an easing of the strict no-rabbits rule that once dominated the area. The heart grows softer with age in some respects, and baby bunnies are part of that respect. Now if a groundhog starts coming by again, that will be a different story with an unhappier ending…
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