Tell them that that high tuft of grass in the middle of your lawn is an artistic statement.
With bunnies.
You do have an artistic license, don’t you?
As I said before, you should be able to mow very close to the nest without disturbing the young. That is what I did last night.
On a tangential but related note my neighbor traps rabbits in his yard in a live trap and relocates them out of town. He told me he once caught a cat and a rabbit in his trap at the same time. By the time he checked it there was very little left of the rabbit.
Oops, sorry Terrorcotta. I’ve (obviously) been reading it wrong too. I wonder how many other people I’ve misnamed in my head.
There have been threads about how we pronounce Doper names in our heads and I am one of the worse since I don’t bother with all the letters substituting a mumble of sounds. I would never have thought I could be one of the mis-pronouncees but I admit my joke is subtle.
So as not to hijack the thread - Hooray for the non-mowed bunnies! They make fine lawn ornaments.
Yeah, I think the township charges a $15 a day license fee.
Carrots?
Sorry if I strike you as out of tune with the ecosystem because I eliminate some pests - including rabbits who set up housekeeping in the middle of my lawn or certain portions of my planting beds. I use mousetraps and squish (at least some) bugs that venture into my house as well. And last year I was bad enough to aggressively go after some carpenter bees that found my cedar siding tasty.
I cut wildlife considerable slack. In fact, I’ve planted and provide food, water, and shelter for various wildlife. Just decided to draw a few personal lines - however un-natural.
This is an excellent argument for keeping a Burmese python as a pet.
We’re cool, I have my limits with the wildlife as well. If it stays outside I got no problems. Move in to the house and we’ll have issues with you at the business end of the can of Raid.
I just have a thing for rabbits.
I do my best to keep a couple acres of wetlands in good shape, and it more than makes up for the occassional animal that I have to get rid of, because they do a lot of damage.
Stuffed with sticks of dynamite.
Someone really hasn’t been watching Bugs Bunny!
But the correct answer is that I mowed around the hole and then used the weedwacker to trim further therefore accomplishing both my aims. Wish I had thought of that before I posted.
Frankly, if the rabbit’s kids go out and eat all of the weeds in my lawn then its worth it to keep them around.