I posted on Friday about my garden observations and plans.  A short while later- no more than 2 hours- I went out to harvest my greens for dinner.  I stopped in horror when I realized that there was a rabbit IN my garden that had the bird netting.  He dashed out the back, getting caught in the netting before sprinting away.  All I could do was sit there and stare- what the heck! I mean, I knew the rabbits were getting on the garden beds- they ate the beans.  But this was a whole new level- he had to work at getting underneath that bird netting.

And in those 2 hours he ate all my broccoli, my dinosaur kale, and several lettuce patches.   I was livid.  Further exploration of the garden showed me that two of my hot pepper plants have also been nibbled on. They’re still alive, and should bear fruit, but that was the last straw.  I spent the rest of Friday going out to the yard about every 30 minutes or so to scare away any rabbits that came near.

That meant that Saturday was toast.  We were to spend all day Saturday in the yard building and installing fences, and I had replanting to do as well.   I replanted all of the beans, plus added a few squares where peas had originally been planted.  I replanted the eaten lettuce patches, as well as the dinosaur kale and broccoli.  I’m not sure there’s enough time now for broccoli, but since it is a smaller variety, there’s a shot.

So here’s what the gardens look like now:

They actually look really nice all fenced in and freshly weeded.  The mulch in between the beds is actually making them look a bit classy!

This is an updated picture of bed number one.   All the naked spots have been replanted with seed.  I am thankful that the rabbits had the timing they had to decimate the gardens.  Just a few more weeks and I wouldn’t have been able to replant.

As we attached fence panels yesterday I did find a few new surprises as well.

There are two good sized bell peppers on this plant! I think this is my ACE pepper square.  Always reliable for me- I was super excited to see how big these are!

Moving over to the hot pepper bed brought a whole new mystery to the table.  Meaning, these peppers on these plants are supposed to be habaneros.

They’re not, and we have no idea what they are.They’re a lighter yellowish green, and who knows.  They’re also strangely growing pointed up- there are only a small handful of peppers that do that.   Hopefully as they grow we’ll get more clues.  Right now I’m leaning towards a Bird Chili- whether African or Asian, who knows.  And it could also be a mutant cross I suppose.  We got these peppers from a vendor at the farmer’s market, so there’s really no way to find out what the possibilities actually are.

Gardening.  It’s a never-ending adventure.