Rabbit

Since the very start of the New Year an escapee has been coming most days to feast on the overwintered brassicas. Virtually the only thing left growing are a few underperforming kale and calabrese (broccoli) plants, but now Rabbit is doing the rounds nibbling everything down to the stalk.

Clearly not a bog-standard breed, the neighbours reckon he was an unwanted Christmas present released into the wild (appalling if true) or an escaped pet. Either way he is not going hungry. He has breakfast at Neighbour-Next Door’s veg patch, and makes it here for his next course around 1030am most days. To divert him away from the scarce winter greens, I am giving him organic carrots and sunflower seeds. The plan is to tame him enough to catch him and take him to an animal sanctuary for re-homing but so far he is having none of it.