Rabbits!

[smills47]

There is a colony of them living, I'm pretty sure, under the front porch of the house next door. In the winter there was little evidence of them except for their slots in the snow, but now they're back big time. They've eaten the tulips down to the ground. They've even eaten the apple tree. The phrase "shy as a rabbit" doesn't apply here; these

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[shadefell]

Last year we had a bunny living under the slide in the sideyard, but we haven't seen him at all this spring. I hope he comes back!

[smills47]

One bunny = cuteness. A dozen bunnies = Night of the Lepus!

[cassandraterra]

Pictures! We demand pictures!

[smills47]

Hadn't thought of doing that, but I'll try! Not today though, since winter seems to have come back. :(

[pcw_rcw]

The image of even a group of rabbits completely eating an apple tree is troubling--was the tree small?

...The phrase "shy as a rabbit" doesn't apply here; these guys are brash and bold...

It's time for you to re-read Watership Down, we can tell. Rabbits are no where near as 'meek and mild' as they often made out to be. They're also very fond of crocus bulbs--unless you have a yard dog or very aggressive cat to protect them, you might as well not even plant them. Same thing for tulip bulbs.

[smills47]

Thanks for the info -- I won't attempt to plant crocuses! I do have some narcissus to plant and I hope it will do OK; I have the notion that narcissus is poisonous if ingested, so hopefully they will avoid it.

The apple tree was young -- we bought it after we moved here -- but it had survived one winter, just not this last one. It had a plastic spiral thing around the trunk to protect it, but the rabbits must have nosed inside the spiral and gnawed away all the bark. Also all the bark on the lower limbs (which they could reach because the snow got high enough). It effectively killed the tree. *Sigh.*