Prairie Fare: Family meals offer nourishment and much more

“Did the mother feed them?” I asked my husband.

“I haven’t seen her come by lately,” he replied.

I looked out the window to catch a glimpse of our little backyard zoo. A mother rabbit had created a nest in my planter surrounded by my flowering purple impatiens.

We were trying to protect the baby rabbits from our two dachshunds and the three retrievers who live next door. We covered the planter and bu…