Bunnies bothering your garden?

I still haven't figured out what was eating my garden last year (the groundhog living under the shed, random bunnies, or wild turkey), but it hasn't been the problem this year (yet... crosses fingers!) that it was last year. I lost all of my cucumbers (both veggies and plants) as well as later in the season all the watermelons & pumpkins (both veggies & plants again). So this year, we moved the garden up next to the house, but I'd been reading about plants that were good for keeping bunnies at bay. So, if you have bunny problems, you might think about planting some of these plants (Thanks Better Homes & Gardens for the list!):
Full Sun Plants:
--Allium (6" to 6' pending variety, perennial)
--Anise Hyssop (2'-4', perennial)
--Baptisia (5', perennial)
--Bee Balm (1'-3', perennial)
--Cat Mint (1'-2', perennial)
--Daffodils (1', perennial)
--Daylillies (2'-6', perennial)
--Foxglove (2'-6', perennial; can also be planted in part shade)

And for Shade or Part Shade, you have Astilbe (1'-3', perennial) as well as daffodils will also grow in the shade.

Granted, if we're talking about near your plant & veggie garden, most plants will be full sun as the best place for your garden is full sun. Granted, the first two summers, we planted our garden in part sun as I didn't want to put it in the front yard; we found a good compromise by placing it along the side of our house though which is mostly full sun and at worst part sun, but still not directly where passing cars will view it. So, we found the best of both worlds!

One note of caution, however. Be careful with foxglove (digitalis) if you have small children or curious dogs as it can be highly toxic. Digitalis is used for making digitoxin (Digitalin), a heart medication but ingesting the plant may cause unwanted effects in a small child or pet, sometimes leading to death. Once our puppy grows up a bit, we may plant foxglove as it has beautiful flowers, but for now, I think its best to not be in our yard as our pup has chewed on most of the flowers (except the roses) in our yard in the 2wks we've had her! Also, if you do grow foxglove, you may want to leave the seed heads in the fall to attract birds (the seeds aren't poisonous to the birds and it makes a great autumn treat for them!)

It's going to be a beautiful weekend here in upstate SC this weekend and I'm hoping to get some of the plants that are still potted into the ground in one of my newer beds. This requires re-tilling the ground (which hopefully it will dry out today so I can do that as well as preparing a few places where there were trees when we moved in a couple of years ago (which getting tree roots out of this area has been challenging ... we even tried using the truck to pull them out after we'd dug and used the ax on them 2 yrs ago). So, we'll be trying again soon and hopefully with better luck!

Happy gardening to all, and don't forget to call your dad (or have them over for a cookout as we're doing) this Sunday for Father's day!