Being Hospitable

Though the Village of Lena may not necessarily agree. I purposely let my grass grow a bit taller than the yards around us. By a bit I mean 2 inches. On my days off it has been interesting to watch how much more animal activity we seem to have than any of the other yards. Aside from the squirrels and hundreds of various birds, I've seen rabbits, raccoons, weasel tracks and a groundhog in the back yard.

Just yesterday we saw a rabbit that has a warren right next to the house and she had come to nurse her young babies. Amazingly, Brenda had just done some weeding the day before in that very spot and did not see the warren or burrow. I too had this sense about not mowing that area at all, had I done so I would have probably killed about 3 or 4 babies! It just makes me wonder about receptivity. I think by purposely allowing our yard to be a little more hospitable to animals we are seeing more than our neighbors.

The picture below was one of the better pics we were able to take while the mother was nursing her young.