Dear Rabbits,

Dear Rabbits,

I'd like to express my concern about your new interest in my flowers. I have maintained a pretty amazing backyard for the last five years. You have never taken an interest before in all the delicious items that I have available. For that I thank you. I know where you hang out; you like to stay in our neighbor's yard because he has a "garden" that we are convinced is an excuse so he doesn't have to mow his lawn. All those hundreds of vegetables that he plants every year must be tasty. So, why the change in diet?

I'd like to request that you go back to your old hang out because the tulips and other bulbs you have eaten down to the ground are really the only flowers I'm going to get to enjoy this year. And, for that, I hate you. You have kindly left the hyacinth bulbs; which incidentally are my favorite, alone. Please continue to leave them alone. Also, leave the Spider Wort, Columbine and Goblin Blanket Flower. These perennials are starting to come up and I'd like to try and transplant them before a big hole is in our backyard. Feel free to eat as much phlox as you'd like, we have too much anyway. Or, dig in on the Chinese Lantern - I'm secretly hoping that there are no traces of that after the big hole is filled in with a kitchen.

I hope you find this proposal to your liking. Please pass on to the squirrels that they are also in trouble for all the littles holes they dug.

Sincerely,
Andi