Last week, after having five baby bunnies and two adult bunnies hopping in my yard, presently I see no more bunnies. I’m not sure if they are just hiding about my house or have permanently left for greener clover patches.
Initially, I was a little worried since when watering this week, a baby bunny darted away from me. However, I didn’t see where he went.
Those little bunnies grew up super-fast. The last time mom bunny was here; three little ones rushed to her. I guess to get that last nursing feeding.
Too Many Bunnies
In the front flower bed, I noticed some leaves on my variegated hostas which were ripped off. I’m thinking this is probably the work of those baby bunnies.
OK, time to take some action on my part. I borrowed one of the plastic owls my significant other keeps in back to scare the birds away from his garden. Using a wooden stake, I placed the owl directly in my astilbes. Of course, I love astilbes, and I look forward to them blooming every year.
This year ‘I’m also using a special fertilizer for blooms. So far, the fertilizer has worked, and the stems shows lots of flowers ready to come out. Now to keep those bunnies away from the plants.
Ending Notes
So, anyone can use a plastic owl in their garden or flower beds. However, you need to move the owl around a bit to keep others guessing if it is real or not. It seems a lot of wild animals do not like to be near an owl.
We own two plastic owls, perhaps a third one is needed?
For now, I’m not seeing any critters about my plants, so let’s see what happens as the season progresses.
As always, happy gardening!
NOTE: It is also time to put out some snail and slug poisoning around the plants. Yes, those snails and slugs will eat every leaf off a hosta plant.
UPDATE – 6-7-2025: Today while looking out my bedroom window, I happened to notice four squirrels about but no bunnies.