I'm stilling watering with the hose. Our forecast for 60% chance of rain last night and this morning bombed and we didn't get a drop ... again! But I'm absolutely sure the 50% and 90% chances this weekend will turn out to be accurate (eye roll). I checked and the last measurable rains in the Cleveland area were .56" on 5/12 and .48" on 5/14. I must have slept through those. We've had something like 4" since early April.
I walked through the backyard garden this morning. Of the 50+ dahlias planted there, at least two dozen have been chewed on by the rabbits. A few are nothing but a piece of stem sticking through the soil. I have extra plants and will probably be planting a lot of them. But it seems useless unless I can get rid of the rabbits first. I've never had issues with rabbits before. This is really getting old. A neighbor walked over this morning and says he's having the same problem with his plants. And he says there is more than just the one rabbit I suspected. He also has a live trap and said he will be shopping for a pellet gun. I have a bag of blood meal that I have been hesitant to use after hearing animals sometimes dig up plants while trying to find what's buried. At this point there's probably nothing to lose by using it. My alter ego, Elmer Fudd, and I are both getting "vewy fwustwated" by the "wabbits."
