Our yard isn’t big enough for a real garden, so we have a container garden. A few plants in pots because we like growing our own vegetables and herbs. But we’ve got a problem. Something has been eating my basil.
Dinner is ruined before I even get a crack at it. How am I supposed to put this on my pizza? It would be great blog fodder. Think that’s bad, look at our habanero pepper plants.
Yes, they’re almost dead. Habanero leaves seem to be their favorite. What was it that was eating our plants? At first I thought it was a rabbit. For two years now a rabbit family has decided to have babies in our weeds bushes. This makes for a very cute yard, but it also makes for a very unhappy gardener. But what kind of rabbit would eat basil leaves and pepper tree leaves? A rabbit that likes Italian and Latin/Caribbean food? Is this a “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse” rabbit or a “Say hello to my little friend” rabbit? Either way, I’m leaving him the heck alone.
Our neighbor gave us a great idea. She gave us this spray that’s supposed to make the leaves taste bitter, then the rabbits won’t like them and will leave them alone. The first thing I sprayed? That’s right, the basil. Now THAT’S going to make a great blog post, isn’t it?
As luck would have it, Karen came home obscenely late from work one night and caught our rabbit red handed.
Yes, our rabbit is really a slug. Still doesn’t answer my question of whether it’s a Godfather slug or a Scarface slug.
I am very relieved to know this post was not about my children. Before the pictures loaded when I just read the title I was a bit nervous.
Oh yeah that will work wonders, and I don’t suppose the bitter spray will make the basil taste bitter to you? Big rabbits. Pesky little critters aren’t they. I also have basil plants, a lot of them. After a couple weeks I found the buggers eating them. They were those short green caterpillars. Damn ate me out of house and home. Out of basil anyway. You would think that after a couple leaves they would want a little change in flavor…