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FPF, love it! I can hear it in my head. : ) Thanks for the amusement!

Happy to be of service.
And thank you for the acorn.

My pleasure! : )

@FPF

I couldn't resist singing it out loud as I read it the first time. My husband gave me a "you are so weird" look, shook his head and walked away.

On a more serious note - I have a solution - a well drained planter, placed under the roof of the carport:

I just need to find some cactus and succulent potting mix and get my semps planted.

DraDiana said: @FPF

I couldn't resist singing it out loud as I read it the first time. My husband gave me a "you are so weird" look, shook his head and walked away.

On a more serious note - I have a solution - a well drained planter, placed under the roof of the carport:

I just need to find some cactus and succulent potting mix and get my semps planted.

That's a great planter!!!

...and great job on the lyrics everyone!

Living in Europe, I don't know all the original songs, but I still enjoy the creativity as I can relate to all things 'gardening'.

Thank you, Lilli! If you get bored, you could listen to the original songs spoofed here. Let us know if you need any song names.

A song about getting to use a garden after waiting for the weeds to die under a smother...

I can plant freely now, the weeds are gone
I have cleared all obstacles in the way
Gone is the grassy ground that had me cryin'
It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright flowery place
- Jimmy Cliff

Another version of the rubber tree plant song?

Just what makes my little old aunt
Think she can grow a rubber tree plant
Everyone knows that my aunt can't
Grow a rubber tree plant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant

Thank you for the acorns, Lilli!

Tiffany, you are the master of Weird Al songs!! I love them.

Thank you very much, Vickie! I don't consider myself to be in the same league as the great one himself, but appreciate the kind words.

You got me going again. Hope it's not a repeat, or plagiarized since it's been in my head all day.

Donna Summers this time - On the subject of rabbits...


Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!

Bunnies, talking bout those bunnies
Rabbits, yes those bunny ra-abits.

See them out in the yard at night (hoppin)
Chewin on all kinds of flowers
If they're in their sight.
Come out next day and they've laid waste!
They do it all of the time!

Bunnies who do you think you are
I know that you, you come from near and far!

Bad words, bad words,
Thinkin' 'bout sayin' ba-ad words!
Bad words, bad words,
Contemplating ba-ad words!

Worked, all week, in my yard. I'm hot.
Now it's night and out they hop.
Temper's frayed, patience shot.
I need a terrier-er!

Now, Bunnies who do you think you are?
If it were up to me, you know you won't get far!

Bad bunnies, bad bunnies!
You're all such naughty rabbits! Bleep bleep! Awwww!
Bad bunnies, bad bunnies!
You're all such naughty rabbits! Bleep bleep! Awwww!

I don't have time for these kinds of games!
I'm callin' you all kinds of names!
You know I won't like it when I find out,
That you're back again!

Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!

Hey Mister! Have you got a dog?
Mister! Can I borrow him sometime?
I have some rabbits, you're dog's what I need,
He'll chase them away if he spends time with me!

Hey puppy, come spend some time with me!
With me, chasin' bunnies is free!

Bad words, thinkin' 'bout some bad words...
Thinkin' 'bout sayin' bad words.
Bad words. Uh huh.
Hey Mister! Have you got a dog?
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!

That's hilarious! TY for the chuckle!!

This reminds me of Peter Rabbit. Have you seen the new-ish Peter Rabbit movie? It's really well done, very funny. Looking it up, I see there is a sequel.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5...

It's fine to use the same song with new words, if I'm even in a position to say whether it's fine or not. Do what you want to do, how you want to do it.

purpleinopp said: That's hilarious! TY for the chuckle!!

This reminds me of Peter Rabbit. Have you seen the new-ish Peter Rabbit movie? It's really well done, very funny. Looking it up, I see there is a sequel.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5...

It's fine to use the same song with new words, if I'm even in a position to say whether it's fine or not. Do what you want to do, how you want to do it.

I haven't seen it, no. I'll have to look for it.
I don't want to be Mr. McGregor, but the bunny battles get to be a bit much.

I have tulips, and one year a bunny went down the entire planting, taking one snipping bite, at bunny-mouth-height, of each and every stem.

Tulip carnage!! For no reason! The bunny didn't like any of them!

I could just see the gears moving in its little bunny mind: "One bite; eewww, move on! Maybe I will like this one? Nope, next!"

I like bunnies just fine if they're not in my cut flowers.

And thank you for the acorn!

Oh, I know bunnies well. I had to put everything in pots up off of the ground when I gardened at one particular place in OH. Those darn things have expensive tastes and endless appetites!! I'm thrilled to (knock wood) not have any around where I am now.

FPF said: You got me going again. Hope it's not a repeat, or plagiarized since it's been in my head all day.

Donna Summers this time - On the subject of rabbits...


Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot, awwww, bleep bleep!

Bunnies, talking bout those bunnies
Rabbits, yes those bunny ra-abits.

See them out in the yard at night (hoppin)
Chewin on all kinds of flowers
If they're in their sight.
Come out next day and they've laid waste!
They do it all of the time!

Bunnies who do you think you are
I know that you, you come from near and far!

Bad words, bad words,
Thinkin' 'bout sayin' ba-ad words!
Bad words, bad words,
Contemplating ba-ad words!

Worked, all week, in my yard. I'm hot.
Now it's night and out they hop.
Temper's frayed, patience shot.
I need a terrier-er!

Now, Bunnies who do you think you are?
If it were up to me, you know you won't get far!

Bad bunnies, bad bunnies!
You're all such naughty rabbits! Bleep bleep! Awwww!
Bad bunnies, bad bunnies!
You're all such naughty rabbits! Bleep bleep! Awwww!

I don't have time for these kinds of games!
I'm callin' you all kinds of names!
You know I won't like it when I find out,
That you're back again!

Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot, shoot, Awwww! Bleep bleep!

Hey Mister! Have you got a dog?
Mister! Can I borrow him sometime?
I have some rabbits, you're dog's what I need,
He'll chase them away if he spends time with me!

Hey puppy, come spend some time with me!
With me, chasin' bunnies is free!

Bad words, thinkin' 'bout some bad words...
Thinkin' 'bout sayin' bad words.
Bad words. Uh huh.
Hey Mister! Have you got a dog?
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!
Shoot shoot! Awwww! Bleep bleep!

I don't know this one well enough to sing it, but I can relate! I've been looking for a good terrier for about a year, now. Meanwhile, this is my solution:
Potatoes behind wire...

Incarcerated greens...

Barricaded blueberries...

My 2 shepherds have decided to guard the local wildlife, since they lost their "flock" of 3 cats in May of last year. Apparently the cats were my varmint control patrol, and the dogs were taking the credit.

DraDiana said: I don't know this one well enough to sing it, but I can relate! I've been looking for a good terrier for about a year, now. Meanwhile, this is my solution:
Potatoes behind wire...

Incarcerated greens...

Barricaded blueberries...

My 2 shepherds have decided to guard the local wildlife, since they lost their "flock" of 3 cats in May of last year. Apparently the cats were my varmint control patrol, and the dogs were taking the credit.

You are running a Plant Penitentiary!!
So glad it keeps the bunnies out and the bunny battles to a minimum.

Unfortunately, we plant straight into the ground. We had "rabbit fencing" but it didn't work. They laughed at it.

I must admit it is quite funny to see a bunny wriggle through one of the holes in a standard chain link fence!! Amazing feat of squishingenuity!!

So sorry the cats were lost, but glad your dogs are okay. They sound sweet and seriously motivated to work if they're still busy corralling various and sundry wild, non-herd animals.

Plant Penitentiary!
That's one that did not come to me.
The shepherds diligently protect the turtles while they lay eggs in my garden and eat the strawberries. They protect the rabbits and chipmunks from hawks and eagles. They completely ignore the armadillos...

(Note armadillo crawling right through the cattle fencing...)
However, the armadillos did not ignore me:

The dogs share their own food with a small army of birds and a family of squirrels.
There's probably a song in that somewhere, but I remain uninspired...

Your dogs are game wardens at your own personal wildlife sanctuary, sounds like.


And! Armadillos: cute but destructive!
They have made it this far, too, although not to our place.
I see them on I-65 as roadkill, which is the only reason I know they are around.

Didn't know that they're curious and not scared of people though.

I do believe that each of their litters is quadruplets, though, which is really interesting to me.

They were quadruplets (count the tails). They were also very young, which may explain the fearless curiousity.

They are destructive diggers, and besides that, they can carry Leprosy.

Sooooo cute!
Thanks for sharing your pictures!!