Farm News 09-24-06
Sunday morning, after chores, 58°
Suzette’s Bunnies
Saturday morning when I went out to do chores I found two bunnies out of the nest box, cuddled up against Suzette. I still don’t know how many bunnies she has. Every attempt to count them has produced a different number. There must be at least four because I have seen a white spotted one, a gray one, and two black bunnies. I think there are five or six.
They don’t have their eyes open yet but they are close. It takes pretty adventurous bunnies to hop out of the nest box before they have their eyes open. I put them back in but I expect to see them out again tomorrow. At first, they only hop out at night, which makes sense, because rabbits tend to be nocturnal.
On Thursday two of them, the white spotted one and a gray one, went to visit the cardiologists. They had a fine time meeting all the people in the office and behaved with the proper decorum for a cardiology office. The cardiologist officially categorized them as hearty adventurers.
Chrysanthemums
It is the season for mums. Some mums are hardy and will survive Kansas winters, others won’t. The easiest way to tell is to plant them and see if they survive.
The mums that come in a pot and form a nice round dome of flowers are usually cuttings, barely rooted. They can be separated and planted out individually but they usually need water and some shade until the first hard freeze. If you plant them out it is best to pinch off flowers and buds until next year.
The tend to become leggy and fall over if left to themselves and do best if the tips are pinched off several times in the spring and summer. That will produce lower, bushier plants with more flowers.
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Suzette’s Bunnies
Saturday morning when I went out to do chores I found two bunnies out of the nest box, cuddled up against Suzette. I still don’t know how many bunnies she has. Every attempt to count them has produced a different number. There must be at least four because I have seen a white spotted one, a gray one, and two black bunnies. I think there are five or six.
They don’t have their eyes open yet but they are close. It takes pretty adventurous bunnies to hop out of the nest box before they have their eyes open. I put them back in but I expect to see them out again tomorrow. At first, they only hop out at night, which makes sense, because rabbits tend to be nocturnal.
On Thursday two of them, the white spotted one and a gray one, went to visit the cardiologists. They had a fine time meeting all the people in the office and behaved with the proper decorum for a cardiology office. The cardiologist officially categorized them as hearty adventurers.
Chrysanthemums
It is the season for mums. Some mums are hardy and will survive Kansas winters, others won’t. The easiest way to tell is to plant them and see if they survive.
The mums that come in a pot and form a nice round dome of flowers are usually cuttings, barely rooted. They can be separated and planted out individually but they usually need water and some shade until the first hard freeze. If you plant them out it is best to pinch off flowers and buds until next year.
The tend to become leggy and fall over if left to themselves and do best if the tips are pinched off several times in the spring and summer. That will produce lower, bushier plants with more flowers.
To subscribe, unsubscribe, contribute stories, complain or send a gift subscription, send an email to FarmNews@GeezerNet.com . The editor reserves the right to steal ideas submitted, rewrite submissions, and sign false names to them whenever it strikes his fancy to do so.
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