I have been scrapbooking for over 30 years! I started when my daughter was born and she is now 33! However, I did take a break from it once she graduated and moved on with her life.
But lately, I've decided to get back into it more as a timeline of our retirement years. We recently moved to a new city, bought a new build and have been slowing making it our own. Our latest endeavor has been to put a pollinator garden in the backyard.
I have planted bee balm, coreopsis, coneflowers, sweet spirea, beauty berry bushes, verbena, and other plants that attract bees and butterflies.
About a week ago, to my dismay, I went to check on my garden and something had eaten many of my plants. After a few vigil days of watching, we discovered we had a rabbit (or two).
They continued to nibble until I only had nubs left of some of my plants so we had to take action. Fencing was bought and placed around the flower beds to prevent them from eating the plants.
At last, the plants are starting to fill back in and grow back. There is plenty of other vegetation in the forest behind our house so the rabbits should be just fine, but maybe missing a few of the more tasty plants!
As I reflect on this process, I can certainly identify more with Mr. McGregor in the Tail of Peter Rabbit! However, I have taken less drastic measures! ;)
Tip: To create the magnifying glass, I used a two circle punches. I punched the smallest one on a Basic White strip of paper, then punched the larger one over the small one to create an open ring. For the handle, I cut a very thin slice of two tone Basic Black card stock and glued it to the open circle.
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