Attack of the Fifty Foot Bunny!

My garden was plagued last year!

By the Fifty Foot Bunny!!!

Okay, so yeah, that is an exaggeration...
But not by much!

My husband saw the bunny the other day.  It's as big as my cat.  Which doesn't mean much until you see my cat.  She's a Maine Coon mix and weighs about 16 pounds.

Last summer the giant bunny ate my kohlrabis and nibbled on just about every other plant in my garden.  This year I'm trying my hand at growing some bunny favorties; kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, carrots and spinach.  Now I just have to try to figure out a way to keep this monstrous rabbit from eating the food right off my table.

Last year I tried spreading cat scat around at the whole in my neighbors yard where I knew the rabbit entered my yard.  Didn't scare this thing.  It plays chicken with my neighbors very vocal Min Pin.

We also shaved this fuzzy girl in the backyard.  It really looked like a cat exploded.  Did nothing to deter this brazen bunny!

I found this recipe.  I might give it a try.  I'll just have to make sure I wash things really well before I eat them.  Since I don't like spicy food!  This could cause some funny reactions.  My toddler really enjoys eating yellow pear tomatoes fresh from the garden!

Red cayenne, Jalapeno or habanera fresh peppers can be used in the preparation, but be careful if you use habanera because the capsaicin concentration is high enough to cause serious damage to the preparer! Jalapenos should be hot enough to keep the bunnies away. The quickest way to come up with a concoction is to take three fresh peppers and run them through a food processor with enough water added to create a liquid. Pour the liquid through a cheesecloth mesh into a glass quart jar. Add about 2 tablespoons of olive or other vegetable oil, a squirt of Elmer’s glue and a drop or two of liquid dishwashing detergent. Use one part of the concentration to 10 parts water. Shake well just before application. This should discourage the bunnies without hurting them. If not, then make the concentration stronger, to 30 percent, or just go up to the cayenne pepper for extra heat. Be sure to reapply after new growth appears or after a good rain.