Attenti al Cane - My Garden Summer

[Dee & Frank Hughes]

Every garden needs some protection. We all love to see the variety of wildlife wandering about, but I for one draw the line when some freeloading, no doubt liberal squirrel decides to start chomping on my tomatoes.
We got our garden guardian a few years back when we acquired Paulo Testosterone aka Paulie Peanuts.

Here's Paulie keeping the seasons first crop- Sugar Snaps - safe from predators. We got Paulie from an artist in South Carolina who had named him Paul the Paranoid Dog ( "Thanks for gettin' me outta there boss."). During his job interview Paulie assured us that he was, in fact, meaner than Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. He said he would keep "deeze, dem and does out of the garden. Especially dem does- they eat everything if you don't watch em."
Paulie has generally performed well over the years, although when asked about what has come to be known the great rabbit plague of 2006, Paulie hangs his head and says " Sorry boss - but I can't not hurt dem little bunnies."
So, if you're something other than a bunny and thinking about wandering into my garden all I can say is ATTENTI AL CANE!!!!