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take that, you wascally wabbits!!!!

It’s official: although it is not pretty yet, the garden is officially temporarily enclosed, so there should not be any more rabbit damage. I suppose it’s possible, however, that there might be some deer catapulting themselves over the fence.  Here’s how the garden looked this morning:

getting closer to the real gate

the final three beds have been turned

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closing in the gaps

Slowly but surely we are finishing the fence. Today we worked on keeping the rabbits out on the east side. We only worked for a couple of hours really, but Dwight and Dad were able to finish one side–because Dwight didn’t have to work today because of rain. It was a perfect day, however, for fence building! Meanwhile, I trimmed.

installing the first panel

waterfront property featuring two in-ground swimming pools

in the foreground: evidence of yesterday’s escapade

the rabbits are watching and plotting, no doubt

 

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paradise lost?

So far I have been only posting positive thoughts and pics of the garden. Now it is time for a little good, bad, and ugly–in that order.

finishing the fence

decapitated beans (birds?)

under the row cover . . .

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perimeter, continued

Imagine my surprise when we pulled in to show Colin the progress on the garden, and we found Dwight in the middle of digging his tenth hole of the day!! Lots of progress was made–and some decisions, too, regarding the gate and garden shed placement.

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setting fence posts

Here’s a look at what my hands looked like after this evening’s post setting extravaganza:

We were able to complete one of the long sides of the fence. It took me 20 minutes to dig the first hole; I was unable to complete the second hole; however, Dwight came along and finished them. When I had a free moment, I quickly planted another four rows of Blue Lake bush beans. As usual, it was too dark to take a pic of the finished work.