{"id":67094,"date":"2024-01-30T17:07:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=67094"},"modified":"2024-02-16T04:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T04:52:39","slug":"watership-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/67094","title":{"rendered":"Watership Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t love the havoc the many wild rabbits at my farm create, like early this fall when they girdled an apple tree I’d recently planted. I always put protective wrap around my fruit trees before winter sets in to ward off rabbits but last fall they started nibbling mid-September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is endearing. Over the years I’ve planted huge patches, entire lawns, in vinca minor (Myrtle). I clip strands of Myrtle sometime in October, line up dozens of canning jars filled with water, and over the course of the winter, each strand grows roots that I plant in the early spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is one of my patches, along my back path. It was one of the first places where the snow started giving way last week so a family of rabbits got busy and opened a bistro with Myrtle on the menu. After eating, they played on the dance floor (my deck).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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