Channeling Mr. MacGregor...

Or maybe Elmer Fudd?

When I took my morning walk around in the garden I startled Bugs Bunny from the middle of my melon patch and had a jolly time chasing him around to get him out of the garden. How he got in there I don't know, but there must've been a space under the fence somewhere that he wiggled under. Thankfully no damage was done so I think I got to that wascally wabbit early in the game. I sure hope he doesn't come back!
The fellow in the photo is probably one of his compatriots. This one has gotten so used to us he doesn't even run when we're out and about in the yard. He sits under the bird feeder with all the rest of the wildlife around here munching on bird seed and living the high life. But they'd all better leave my garden alone!

 On a happier note, here are a few of my peppers, which are doing wonderfully this year. The only issue is the slugs that have been chewing on some of them. I only grow sweet peppers because I'm not into hot. If we ever could get enough tomatoes for extra things like salsa, I might add the hots, but for now, I'm sticking to the sweet ones.

 I am growing Jimmy Nardellos, and above is a variety called Bridge to Paris which is also an heirloom variety. I'm also growing bell types called Ace, Red Knight and King of the North.

This one is called Peacework. But my husband has renamed it Peacenik and as if to prove the point, the peppers on this variety like to grow upside down. Typical hippie.
And last but not least I am growing a small sweet heirloom called Lipstick. Last time I counted I had over a hundred little peppers on about 32 plants. Since we still have about a month and a half of warm weather they should be OK.
Well, the visit from Bugs did motivate me to start cleaning out all those tall weeds between the raised beds because I don't want to give that little beast more places to hide in!