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Bad Little Bunny It seems that every spring a baby bunny shows up in my yard and hangs out for several months, eating my plants in the process. This uninvited guest does some damage, but as it turns out most of the plants I now have in my backyard are not the kind of thing that rabbits like to eat and so the bunny mostly eats just weeds until they run out or dry out, whichever comes first. There are a few ornamental plants that still get nibbled on, however. Most notably, the bunnies seem to like the flowers of Mexican Evening Primrose, although they leave the leaves alone. Also the bunny will nibble on small quantities of several other plants. Apparently the bunnies can tolerate small quantities of these plants, but too much would cause problems for them. Additionally, the bunnies will munch on very young sprouts of certain other plants including iris shoots and even palm fronds. Oddly enough, although purslane is edible for humans, I have not seen the bunnies eating this plant. So, by way of summary, although bunnies are somewhat destructive, I've increasingly planted bunny-resistant plants in my yard and so the damage is minimal. |
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Lyrics:
Eating flowers, chomping on a leaf
Bad little bunny - munching vegetation
Hopping all around without a care or worry |