@ the inadvertent farmer – we’ve got most of the critters here, but no moles or coons due to small suburban lots full of people, which is a blessing as far as gardens go. The funny thing is, the deer and rabbits are so spoiled here that they don’t even nibble that much, I’ve left the gate open dozens of times and all my seedlings survived… maybe the word is not out on the street yet We DO however have pet eating coyotes which sucks.

Saw your blog featured on Blotanical, and the ‘Cowtown’ part caught my eye I’m from Edmonton.

I love the picture of the rabbit. Down here in the States where I live now, the wild rabbits are like pet store bunnies. Tiny little fluffy things that look like Tribbles lol. When my husband and I were dating, he came flew up to Calgary and I took him through the mountains, and to Edmonton. We saw a jack rabbit and my husband couldn’t believe how big it was. I was puzzled, because I had grown up with rabbits like that. When I saw a bunny here in North Carolina, I understood lol.

@ Jean – I agree of course. And having travelled as much as you have you likely see what I’m talking about – wild life is much scarcer elsewhere. We’ve already decimated many thousands of species, lets at the very least not hate the ones that adjust.

Welcome back! Missed you!

This post was so entertaining; I really enjoyed it. And when you wrote about some people naming chipmunks, I thought to myself “Who would do that?” Then when I clicked on the link, my blog popped up….:) Yeah, we do that. In addition to the chipmunk, there was a groundhog coming into the year now and then. My husband named him ‘Gordy’.

Thanks for a fun blog post! I hope to ‘read’ more of you this coming year.

@ Teena – whoa. That would wreak some havoc for sure. We have deer all over Calgary too, but no one’s made their way downtown yet.