I took the leap…I made the jump…I…ok ok. The rabbits are here. Vienna Blue Rabbits, which came to be known as American Rabbits (or was that Freedom Rabbits?) after WWII. The buck was named Virgl and the doe, my small friend Neehal just named Lisa. Why Neehal? Why “Lisa?” Why not something like Franziska? Either way, I now welcome Virgl and Lisa to the farm. These bunnies are already a year old so I won’t be cooking ‘em up. They will help me start off a breeding program.

A very cool detail in acquiring the rabbits, the breeder, Shayne (a 4H leader in Alameda), asked to barter an urban farm basket worth the cost of $40/rabbit. So I got to go through and price out a basket of farmed goods. A few key items such as Lauren’s membrillo, and persimmons from her yard, and our tomatoes, organic Meyer lemons, and backyard honey brought the basket to $80 in the blink of an eye. I threw in some Vin de Noix as a sign of my gratitude to Shayne for being so cool as to barter.

So now I begin the adventure of rabbit keeping.