Last year, as we started to modify our new-to-us yard, I thought I'd hit the jackpot when I found an Empire apple tree to plant – my favourite variety of apple!
That was early summer and it grew well all season.
But with autumn I somehow forgot that animals like to nibble. Late january the rabbits suddenly chewed the tree to half its size! Then they started stripping the bark off the lower part!
Ugh - so much damage…
#gardening
Ross of Ottawa
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