Those Pesky (but delicious) Bunny Wabbits!

As I mentioned in my last but one post, I had planted my broccoli into larger pots. Soon after I had done this (the week before Easter), I got called away to Ireland for a few days. All the time I was away, my hundred or so broccoli plants were outside on the ground soaking up the rain and thriving - getting used to their new pots. THEN on the morning after I arrived back, we had an visitation - well more like an invasion - in the form of little fluffy, twitchy nosed, leg thumping, breeding machines... yes.. Rabbits. Lots of the cheeky little ba****ds. Last year when we moved in, the first thing our next door neighbour's boy said to us was "If you have any trouble with rabbits, just let me know and I'll sort them for you". If only we had listened - as this year we are reaping the results of last years "aww look at those cuties". We've got several families and they all seem to be in warrens beneath the summer house and the chicken house. Needless to say, my broccoli was eaten (all of it) and I went from Watership Down fan to follower of Elmer Fudd overnight. I got our next door neighbour's kid on the case and he has to date trapped and shot over 20 rabbits - one of which my wife skinned (first time - and did it very well), and we had it casseroled on Easter Monday. THOSE WHO EAT MY CROPS BEFORE I SAY SO GET EATEN!