[HairOfTheDog]

What about big half-barrels to plant some things in? - You could perhaps dig into the hill enough to sit them there. You can prolly plant some tomatos and cucumbers or lettuce in the same pot, and get several of them.

Big containers might be what we do in order to have a few things like tomatoes... I don't ~think~ rabbits can get things that are off the ground.

[RosieCotton]

That might work, at least for vegetables. I'd still like to do SOMETHING with the hill...right now it's all overgrown with bushes and too steep to walk down easily. In my mind's eye I can picture a setup with steps and then levels of plants...but I know in practice it ain't that simple.

But maybe for THIS year I could look into doing steps and put a few barrels alongside the steps? That might not be too ambitious...

[Howlin]

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