My small & furry animal farm has reached a population of 4. There is Woobie, Celia (guinea pigs) and Alice and Springer (rabbits).

Each day they get fresh veggies. I decided to try to grow the most popular vegetables indoors to save on cost and to make sure they were getting nice clean fresh veggies.

Today I planted spinach, loose leaf lettuce, and parsley. I planted them in a mixture of potting soil and miracle grow seed starter. I used old milk jugs- cutting holes in the bottom for drainage. Because there is no sunlight in this urban building, I am using an 18″ fluorescent grow light and a grow light bulb in a lamp.



I should be ready to harvest these plants in 45-48 days so I’ll keep you posted!

Remember the rabbit I adopted? Well, here she is finally gaining some weight. Her new found health has added some spunk and we are having some behavior issues. She is honking and biting me sometimes. Also, she goes right under my couch and refuses to come out sometimes. I took her outside on a harness to help her expend some of that new found energy:

She got to run and have fun! She did very well on that harness!

She stayed out and played for about an hour. But here’s a picture of Mad Rabbit as she was picked up and taken back into the house for Crimes of Eating Flowers.

Isn’t that the cutest anger? Here is Alice the Rabbit back in her cage. Behind her to the right you’ll see I gave her a consolation prize: a 2006 phone book to shred- which she loves to do.

Look at what the stork brought Iris and I! Can you beleive it? We were totally caught by surprise on this one but we are so happy to have her join our family, nonetheless.

A very brave and wise young lady brought us this rabbit because she was unable to care for her any longer. I think it was very adult and courageous to admit her shortcomings and ask for help.

Immediately, we gave Ms. Alice McRabbit a nice warm bath, removing a lot of urine from the lower part of her body and belly. We also gave her a nice nutritious meal and some long needed water. She was so excited and we had to limit the food. We over-did it a bit and gave her vegetables and berry puffs. (She had a little upset stomach the next day), so we went back to the rabbit food and just frequent small amounts. Unlimited water, though! She drank a ton and it seemed to be running right through her.

We noticed her calm and gentle nature right away. She hops around and her gigantic ears are standing straight up at attention all the time. She looks eager and ready to play all the time.

We took her for a mani/pedi and she was very compliant. She has already started to fill in. You can’t feel all of her bones anymore. Her ribs aren’t protruding quite as much and her rear pelvis bones aren’t quite so pokey. Also- her personality is really coming out.

We bought her a giant new cage, which she hops around gleefully from end to end. She is definitely a house rabbit. She comes out and hops around the living room, and hops back into the cage to go potty. She seems to think she is one of the dogs, following them around. They seem to think she is a “different kind” of puppy.

I hope we have many happy years with Alice, and although we thought our family growing was done- we are so happy to have her!