It's only about two months past when I should've pruned my fruit trees and the muscadines, so it's time to get going on that task. Ahem. At any rate, this year I have a potential use for the small branches taken out in pruning: rabbits like them.
Although my New Zealand doe doesn't look terribly impressed with the offering, she did eventually gnaw it pretty thoroughly. Shown below are a couple of freshly-cut sticks with one that has been debarked.
I do spray my fruit trees with a variety of things, but this season all they've gotten is one dose of copper (they're due for another), and I've gotten about three inches of rain since I sprayed the first time. So I figured it probably wouldn't hurt them to give them a treat. I have also given them some dandelion leaves, which they like (I don't spray the grass at all).
Other than that, they're still on hay and pellets. It seems to be working well.
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