Rabbit Holes

The spade handle has broken, sharp splinters have pieced my palm but this is the only spade we have. I dug in through half foot of soft compost, before reaching manure, then I found what appears to be clay; most of our kitchen garden manure has now degraded.

The spade plunged into the ground with ease, but the soil was sticky and refused to leave the spade. There were stones wedged under the fence, placed to block rabbits.

Had coffee break then completed another length; a marathon, not a sprint Charlie said.

We chose preventative measures rather than eradicate the rabbits by applying to the police for a firearms licence and purchasing an air gun. I buried one section of wire mesh and had to rest, my health isn't what it used to be. If rabbits dig under, we'll go two foot deeper, extermination is a last resort measure; due to wildlife we'll not be using poison.