Why We Have No Pole Beans Now

They had started to grow. Nice fresh leaves breaking the ground and looking good until yesterday morning when we discovered that they had been mowed off and all we had left were a few errant leaves and multitude of stems.

This morning's walk about revealed the reason, our resident snow-shoe hare in summer coat was happily munching at the back of the garden next to the studio. In the photo you will note the poles for the beans and netting that we recently placed over the now recovering stems. "Jacq" is in the foreground.

It has gotten quite used to being around us, obviously, as you can get pretty close up to these fellows before they feel any need to hop away by even a few feet to maintain their distance.