- bunny nest
- bunnies in the garden
- demo box
- strawberry plants
May 18, 2019
Last week, we had quite the surprise of finding a bunny nest in the garden. We have been keeping on eye on them and this week the bunnies have their eyes open! I expect them to be hopping around by next week. I've learned some things about rabbit culture in my OCNV classes:
- the mother only visits the nest twice daily
- after 45 days bunnies are mature and out on their own
- most female rabbits will have up to 5 litters yearly from Feb-Aug and about 50% of the bunnies from the litter will live into the next year
- if you stumble on a nest like we did, don’t retrieve the bunnies, leave them in the nest. The mother is probably close by gathering food for them or eating for her milk supply.
The boxes are starting to produce and the second picture is of the demo box which I started planting three weeks ago. The strawberries are starting to flower and we should have berries in June (hence the name 'Juneberry' some people call the plants.)
Hopefully sometime next week, we can work up the lowlands and plant the rest of the garden.
If the bugs leave us alone, we might have a pretty good year!
Patti Keller, RD, LD, CDE