A few years ago, I had chicken wire installed all around the bottom of the picket fence in the backyard.  That solved the rabbit problem for many years.

Over the years, the fence got bent, damaged, removed and generally became “holey”.  My first clue that this was going to be bad this year was the very cute baby bunnies I found in the yard.

They disappeared out of the yard shortly after I found them, but they certainly had plenty of places to get in and out of the yard quite easily.

 

I’ve done some temporary fixes, but I’ll get my boys who just got back from a church volunteer work trip to use their new construction skills to fix the holes more permanently.

Here’s some of the damage the rabbits did when I wasn’t paying attention 🙁

Beets are looking sparse…

The beans are almost nonexistent…

and Kale seems to be a favorite…

They also wiped out most of the early lettuce, swiss chard and spinach, so I’ve replanted and maybe with this cool weather I’ll get a mid-summer harvest.

Do you battle rabbits and other critters?