Anti-Rabbit Device

Val, this one's for you.

You mentioned that the Colorado rabbits were eating the leaves on your sedum plants.  If the plants are just getting started and you want to protect them until they get established, you might consider making a few of these protective cages to put over them until they can hold their own against the rabbit onslaught.

Cindy makes these out of quarter inch hardware cloth, which she cuts with a Skil Lithium Ion Power Cutter, a very useful tool.  She uses plastic electrical ties to secure the top and sides of the cube.

Because you make these cages to suit the particular circumstance, you can make them any size you need them to be.  If you also run some weed block staples into the ground, that will prevent the critters from just knocking the cages over to get at the plants.

They're not the prettiest of garden ornaments, but they give plants a chance to develop to the point where they can stand on their own against the varmints.

And then you've also got a new power tool that cuts through a whole lot of other stuff like buttah.