Small & Slow solutions

Gardening is always giving you curveballs and choices. Yesterday I was out observing my culinary garden plot. There are bits of vegetation poking out, it’s too soon to tell what they are but I’m hoping some of them will be perennials I planted years ago. I’m still restraining myself from touching the garden. I want to give it a little more time to rest and awaken.

Well anyway, yesterday I was out there looking around and I saw the entry to a bunny burrow right in my veggie plot. This morning I went out there and the hole had been plugged with dry leaves and twigs which is a common behavior for cottontail mamas. So there is likely a nest of babies. This presents an obvious dilemma. Me being me, a bleeding hearted animal lover, there is NO way in hell I’m doing anything to disturb those buns.

So! Let’s think here. It’s still on the early side of April in the upper midwest…and commonly we really should not start planting until May anyway. Baby bunnies stay in their nests for 3-4 weeks, so feasibly I have time to give them time to grow and move out before plugging up the hole - that would still have me planting out my starts in the appropriate time frame. My plan is to simply wait.

Use small and slow solutions. This is a permaculture principle.