Lawn Bunnys

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

So I'm about to go mow the lawn , barefoot no less smile.gif . I usually walk the grounds before mowing to pick up Lucky poop and check for stones. During the walk today I noticed this pile of fir and dug up ground. Upon closer inspection I noticed it was a nest of bunnies. I guess that's what that Rabbit was doing out there last night. Hmmm so now my wife wont let me mow and we have to start walking lucky :confused:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p7b7bb1c3c61dea78ad07b207ffb475b1/fbf53402.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p8f582279a8726e66ea857a8ec61950c7/fbf5340c.jpg

[Donn]

Baby bunnies are best mown at about 3" :D

[oldriverat]

:D

[NormMessinger]

Pretty good eating if you let them get a little bigger.

[imported_Conrad]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Guys, we're talking BUNNIES here!!

[km gresham]

smile.gif Don't mow. Get sheep. They won't bother the bunnies.

[Gresham CA]

Conrad, And we all know that bunnies grow up to be SUPPER!

[km gresham]

I've had fried rabbit, and it was tasty, but I couldn't eat it after a couple of bites. I don't know why - it tasted good, but every part looked like bunny! I'm not funny about that stuff, but no bunny rabbit for me. smile.gif Chicken, cow, deer, pig, even dove, but no rabbit!

[Meerkat]

Be greatful Joe - in another part of NY, it could have been a nest of lawn guys ;)

[Gresham CA]

Like this Meerkat?

http://www.harperslawnornaments.com/images/lrg%20jockey.jpg

[imported_Conrad]

http://www.bunnybytes.com/images/bungroup4.jpg

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by Gresham CA:
Like this Meerkat?

http://www.harperslawnornaments.com/images/lrg%20jockey.jpgWould that be Donn of Lawnguyland's lawn? :D

[Donn]

The last lawnguy I used hired college girls every summer. Was a great show.

[km gresham]

Smart guy - who cared what kind of job they did on the grass. smile.gif He could probably charge more too - and get it. Now that's a businessman!

[Mr. Know It All]

"Kill the wabbit"

~Elmer Fudd~

:D

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If you leave them alone, you'll have a whole bunch by next year. :eek: Don't say I didn't warn ya Joe. tongue.gif

[ 06-10-2003, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Mr. Know It All ]

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I got the same deal :D
Its call Daughter
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid63/pd0a197d683baf990629a0739bbdc6de4/fc0739fd.jpg

[Wild Dingo]

Get that hoon away from that machine Joeboy!!! :eek: ...gawd an just when we figured we had yer trained too an yer goes and does somfin like that... strewth! :rolleyes:

did someone mention a snack??? wabbit snack dat is! ooooohhhh aaahhh wubs wabbits :cool: ... surely do fried baked fickesseeed or stewed barbecued or however!! aahh jest loves em critters!...

but... yer gotta hide em bedda Joeboy me ol mate once stan da man gets wind of thisun he'll be in his ol truck loaded for bear and gunnin his way to Neeeww York lookin fer tha mountain on da Hudson wif dem der wabbits!... you know how much he wubs road kill oohh sure he says he likes deer more but whats the difference tween a deer an a wabbit eh? a few lbs is all still a critter so still fair game!!

Now if me local lawn mower fella would hire a few shapely sheilas when he does the neighbors lawns I could organize a nice pergola out the front with deck chairs cameras and all the trimmins and have a day of it... Im the only dopey buggar around here that mows his own lawn!!... but he flamin well wont! "gotta have a flamin fella do the mans work" flamin mucho conservative chauvanist lawn mower bloke!! :rolleyes:

Once when I was a young fella one of the sheilas I shared with had a couple of them gnomey fellas out the back yard under the peppermint tree that went walkabout for 9 months... sent postcards from the weirdest places he did Hawaii Alaska and England and this was before digital manipulation that gnomey was a well travelled buggar... and pretty wrecked when he lobbed up one night all tattered and torn and rather forlorn... the sheila went nuts when they found him back under the peppermint tree! was a hoot waitin for the mail while he was gone used to have bets on where hed turn up next!... I never got it right cause bein into the funny weeed at the time I figured anyone with any sorta taste at all even gnomeys would know enough to head to Thailand!! :cool: and did the dopey buggar go there to dope smokers paridise?... NOOOOOO!!! :mad: so no good yippie weed for moi! talk about disappointing! :rolleyes: never mind was fun while the buggar was away even got a nice concrete bird to poop on his spot I did! :cool:

[LisaS]

Like Karen, I just can't eat bunny. I'm not squeamish when it comes to food, but I just can't eat bunny. Maybe I read Watership Down too many times as a youngster.

Lisa

[oldriverat]

I'm rather partial to Bunny myself. :D

http://mysite.freeserve.com/explayboybunnies2/photoalbums/bunnybrenda/bb1.jpg

[ 06-10-2003, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Memphis Mike ]

[paladin]

Man..oh man...lookit the floppy discs on that!!!!

[imported_Conrad]

If you even think of having your lovely daughter mow over those lovable little bunnies I'm going to get the full power of the Federal Gov. on your back, along with the SPCA and the EPA. In fact, I'm pretty sure those are the last of the wild Hudson Basin Bi-colored Bunnies, an endangered (to say the least ) species. Your yard will be declared off limits while we conduct an environmental impact study- no drinking, playing, or-.... heaven forbid!!! BBQ!!! (second hand smoke and all, ya know :mad: ) Those bunnies will be saved!! :D :D

[ 06-10-2003, 06:27 PM: Message edited by: Conrad S. ]

[Norm Harris]

So,
Did you find the egg shells in the nest? Bunnies do hatch from Easter eggs, don't they? The timing seems about right. :D

[Concordia..41]

So what are their names??? Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter come to mind ;)

What I don't know - not being the bunny expert Conrad is at what point do they turn into the chocolate ones I see in the stores???? Never had a problem eating them :D

[Wild Wassa]

Hipperty hop, hipperty hop,
When she runs like a bunny,
Her b**bs do go flop.

Have I just dug a bigger hole than a bunny?

Warren.

[huisjen]

Karen said
I've had fried rabbit...but every part looked like bunny! Were the ears crispy?

Dan

[km gresham]

I don't know Dan - I couldn't bear to look smile.gif

[km gresham]

MM I think that lady's dress is too small smile.gif

Also Margo Chocolate bunnies are an entirely different species - I have no trouble at all with them :D

[Mrleft8]

Rabitt's are good.... Like 'possum, but better.....

[imported_Conrad]

Ah, chocolate bunnies- I prefer the Cadbury breed. :D Very much endangered in a wide variety of households. :eek:

[Mrleft8]

So THAT'S what happens to snow bunnies after winter!
Hey Joe.... Are those polo jockeys? :D

[ 06-11-2003, 07:28 AM: Message edited by: Mrleft8 ]

[ken mcclure]

"Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade."

"It's got sharp ... pointy ... TEETH!"

[ 06-11-2003, 07:31 AM: Message edited by: ken mcclure ]

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Remind me next time I find baby critters NOT to tell SWMBO. These baby bunnies have cause an enormous amount of stress in my life. If I let the dogs out to do there business I get a lecture about the bunnies. If I go out I get a lecture to check on the status of the bunnies. Its raining now so obviously she is concerned about the bunnies. She has been concerned about the bunnies mother so I put a twig over the nest to see if its disturbed, it was. She called me from work to check on the bunnies. Bunnies bunnies bunnies !!!!!!!! its driving me nuts. I try to tell her there are probably hundreds of other nests close by that she could worry about also. But she says I saw this one. So aaaaaah there ya go I will NEVER show her such things again :rolleyes:

[km gresham]

smile.gif Luckily for you they grow fast.

[ 06-12-2003, 08:55 AM: Message edited by: km gresham ]

[Iceboy]

One word. Hassenphefer.

[imported_Conrad]

"Hi- we're from the government, and we're here to help....." ;)

[R.I.Singer30]

One of my first jobs,when I was 15 was cutting the Lawn at Royal Crest apts.(a Flately corp.)this one was right near little Rhody beagle club so I think they used to breed rabbit's .In the springtime we couldn't make two passes without tripping over one of those holes with bunnies in them.We got so used to it ,it didn't bother us anymore.We moved quite a few nest but we also thought it did more harm than good,so we just mowed them over.They must have natural instincts to stay low cause I never saw any get chewed up.The nest was still there after the pass.Next time you look they'll probably be gone.

[Jim H]

* Exported from MasterCook *

FRIED RABBIT IN BREADCRUMBS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Meats Main dish

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
3 tb Milk
1 oz Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
1 4 lb rabbit, cleaned
- cut into serving pieces
1 Egg -- lightly beaten with
1 t Water
3 oz Fresh breadcrumbs
Vegetable oil for deep fryin
4 Parsley sprigs

Method: Place milk in one bowl and mix together flour, salt and pepper
in another. Dip rabbit in milk then flour mixture, coating thoroughly.
set aside for 10 minutes.
Combine egg and water in one bowl and breadcrumbs in another. dip rabbit
first in egg mixture, then in breadcrumbs, coating thoroughly.
Fill a large frying pan one third full with oil. Set over moderate heat
and heat until it reaches 360 degrees f or a cube of dry bread dropped
into the oil turns brown in 50 seconds.
Fry the rabbit pieces for 20 minutes or until tender when pierced with a
fork. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Arrange on a serving
dish garnish with parsley sprigs and serve immediately.
This can be served with sauteed potatoes and any fresh green vegetables.

[Paul Scheuer]

Just chicken with four drumsticks. (I had three brothers, it worked out fine).

[Barry]

This the way to go.

Portuguese Rabbit Stew

Category: Main dish

Recipe: Coelho à caçadora - Rabbit stew

This recipe has its origin in Portugal, especifically in Estremadura.

We have chosen this recipe because we are tired too see that when someone talks about Portuguese cousine people always associate it to codfish, so, this time we decided to give you someting different, like a rabbit.

We hope you enjoy it. Have a nice meal!

Ingredients: (4 - 6 people)

1 small rabbit
2 soup spoons of olive- oil
2dl of white wine
2 dl of red wine
4 tomatoes
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
parsley
salt
pepper
1 cabbage

Instructions:

Season the rabbit with a bit of salt and pepper and put it in a bowl with the red wine. Next, cut the rabbit into pieces. Heat the olive- oil in a pot and when it is hot enough add the rabbit.

Leave it on strong fire for 10 to 15 minutes, turning the pieces of the rabbit so that they roast equally.

Reduce the heat and add the white wine, the pricked tomatoes without skin and without pipes, chop the onion, the garlic and the parsley, season with salt and pepper.

Cover the pot and let it cook for one hour in mild fire.

Taste it and rectify the seasonings. Put the rabbit with mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes, fried sliced bread and boiled cabbage on a large plate.

[ishmael]

Joe et al ain't quite that hungry, yet.

[paladin]

Ummmm.......wabbit stew......Yum..... :D :D

[imported_Conrad]

OK, OK, OK,- this thread is headed in the wrong direction!! :D :eek: Joe, have you introduced the bunnies to your daughter, AND LET HER GIVE THEM NAMES?!! Everyone knows you can't eat a named pet- it ain't civilized. ;)

[oldriverat]

Joe, you realize you're going to have to buy a shotgun and a couple of Beagles now don't cha?
A 12 guage loaded with #4 shot is a good bunny load. The #4 is a good bresh buster cuz bunnies like to hide in the bresh. Get a Remington Model 870. If you decide to squirrel hunt just change to #6 shot.

The Beagles having short legs will chase em right into the bresh and find em for you. Just try to get there before they get a holt of one though cuz if you don't... you won't have nothin left. :D

Oh yeah, I forgot to add, you have to keep the Beagles in a pen to make them more aggressive. If you don't, they won't hunt.

[ 06-12-2003, 07:44 PM: Message edited by: Memphis Mike ]

[huisjen]

Oooh, yeah. Your neighbors will love you for it too. Everyone wants to live next to a cage full of bored howling things.

("Shoot the rabbit? Or shoot the Beagle? Shoot the rabbit? Or shoot the Beagle?....Decisions, decisions...)

So Joe, has she named them yet?

Dan

[Donn]

Hold on now....Beagles are bred to yammer. I've hunted hordes of hares behind a pack of Beagles, and their yammering is like a GPS system...tells you where the bunnies are, so's you shoot the right critter.

[imported_Conrad]

" bred to yammer" Could be applicable to any number of groups, eh? tongue.gif ;)

[huisjen]

Donn said
Hold on now....Beagles are bred to yammer. Well that settles it. Shoot the Beagle.

Dan

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I hate yammering dogs. We are so lucky both are dogs are not yammerers. Lucky thar lab bark is deep and loud and used only once or twice for people or critters entering the property and he isn't napping ( he dose that a lot :D ) Bandit the French bulldog is quiet as a church mouse all day but when the sun goes down if you come in the house he will bark but other than that he is quiet. Cant understand how all day long you can go in & out of the house but as soon as it gets dark out he will give a warning bark. But basically there both quite dogs

[ishmael]

Sheba isn't a barker either, for that I'm glad. She gives a woof at something that startles here now and agin, but no regular barking.

But, I'm remembering a story of trauma from young childhood regarding bunnies and dogs.

We tried to raise an orphaned bunny when I was little. I don't remember the circumstances of its abandonment, but it might have had to do with Kurt, my eldest brother's Irish Terrier.

In the event, the bunny died and we buried it in the back yard. The next day Kurt, who was on a lead tied in the back yard, proceeded to dig the bunny up. My mother and I were alone in the house. I must have been four, so this is one of my earliest memories.

Mother tried to stop Kurt and bring him in, and Kurt attacked her. I remember her coming to me with a torn dress and a bloody bite on her arm, and her shutting me in my room, telling me to stay there until she came back. I remember being frightened, really scared.

Kurt, a nice dog, had to be put down. It was a family tragedy remembered vibrantly, but in the way of memories of that age, without grown-up detail. I remember it as horribly traumatic to all of us, but imagine the grief of my poor brother, having his dog put down.

[ken mcclure]

It's got sharp ... pointy ... TEETH!"

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http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/movies/holy-grail/pictures/21-there-it-is.jpg

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http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/movies/holy-grail/pictures/21-gore.jpg

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

:D :D That was beautyful

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Momma came back and we have proof the babies are doing well. SWMBO is so pleased.
BUT I STILL CAN'T MOW :mad:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p65e01d4aba0b3731e2cfdcfc150674ab/fbeaecc1.jpg

[ 06-16-2003, 09:23 AM: Message edited by: Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson ) ]

[Mr. Know It All]

Does anyone remember the wabbit that attacked the president? Jimmy Carter I think it was. Mean little critters, ain't they? :D

I warned ya didn't I Joe? tongue.gif

[ 06-16-2003, 12:35 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Know It All ]

[imported_Conrad]

Here's a little pre-view of Joe's yard at the end of August, just about the time the second batch of bunnies is coming on... :D The wife's happy, and the mower is rested! :eek: tongue.gif

http://www.tredegar.co.uk/bath-in-a-field/kinloss.jpg

[Jim H]

The last bunny I saw, a baby, was being carried away by a hawk. The hawk had it by the ears.

[km gresham]

:( Guess Hawks gotta eat too. Had a little bunny in my yard a couple of weeks ago. smile.gif