An Agreement

I went out yesterday afternoon to check the carrots, and there was a large rabbit sitting about 15 feet away from me, eating dandelions.  He was completely unconcerned with my presence, even when I took a few steps in his direction and said "Eat all the dandelions you want, but leave the garden alone."  He just looked at me and went on chewing.  I stood there for a few minutes more; then had to go in and start dinner.  He kept eating dandelions.

I can see the garden from my kitchen window, but didn't see him again, and the spinach seemed to be all there this morning.  I'd like to think we have an agreement, this rabbit and I.

All the same, the bits of unassembled fence scattered around the yard will have to take some shape soon.  I hope that agreement holds until Saturday!

The State of the Garden

Luckily, I've been better about gardening than I've been about blogging! Even this picture is a week old, but here are 2 of my 4 raised beds (pink plastic croquet stakes are my daughter's idea...). There are peas, beans and carrots in the far bed, and spinach, broccoli, a few lettuce plants (that I don't think will make it), and a few onions in the near bed.

Today, I put out the peppers, clearing up yet another patch of my kitchen counter -- yeah! The beans and peas are coming up nicely, and there are a few teeny, tiny carrot leaves showing. I hope the peppers aren't too early, but I was worried about putting the broccoli out last week, and it seems to be just fine.