Rabbit stew anyone??

PaulF · June 29, 2009

I agree with TJG 911. I know you say you do not have the money for fencing, but the only effective way to keep the rascals out of my garden is to surround the garden or even those crops the rabbits really like with an inexpensive poultry wire fence. A hundred foot roll of poultry wire fence two feet tall and a few electric fence posts (or short "C" posts) is an investment that can be reused for many years. My "chicken wire" is at least twenty years old and keeps the rabbits out nicely. I don't have to guard the garden, mix up the deterrent, bother the neighbors with a sound system or load up the gun.

My rabbit population can't jump, so any height will stop them. They do try to wiggle under so make sure there are no spaces at the bottom. I use landscape fabric u-shaped pins to anchor the fence. Peas, beans and beets along with lettuce and spinach are like candy for rabbits and deer. Once they taste them it is hard to keep them away. A fence is the best way I have found.

June 29, 2009	#9
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	I agree with TJG 911. I know you say you do not have the money for fencing, but the only effective way to keep the rascals out of my garden is to surround the garden or even those crops the rabbits really like with an inexpensive poultry wire fence. A hundred foot roll of poultry wire fence two feet tall and a few electric fence posts (or short "C" posts) is an investment that can be reused for many years. My "chicken wire" is at least twenty years old and keeps the rabbits out nicely. I don't have to guard the garden, mix up the deterrent, bother the neighbors with a sound system or load up the gun. My rabbit population can't jump, so any height will stop them. They do try to wiggle under so make sure there are no spaces at the bottom. I use landscape fabric u-shaped pins to anchor the fence. Peas, beans and beets along with lettuce and spinach are like candy for rabbits and deer. Once they taste them it is hard to keep them away. A fence is the best way I have found. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.