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1948jr · Mar 23, 2014

how to keep rabbits out of a garden

Angle Iron · Mar 23, 2014

[Chicken wire.quote="1948jr"](reply to post at 16:15:36 03/23/14) [/quote]

petetx · Mar 23, 2014

nice quiet air rifle =rabbit stew

Steve@Advance · Mar 23, 2014

Elmer Fudd scarecrow? Or scarewabbit?

Steve A W · Mar 23, 2014

When We were kids my Sister heard that catnip would keep rabbits out of the garden.
So She started some groing in egg cartons inthe dinning room windows.
She also heard that cats did'nt like it while it was groing.
Wrong!!!
We came home from school and found a mess in the dining room and one really stoned siamese cat!

Steve A W

js305 · Mar 23, 2014

You can't. Not by yourself. A good dog will do wonders, if you can keep him from doing damage on his own. That is, unless you have as many as we do. The dogs get tired of the chase and give it up eventually.

We finally made a garden inside our front yard, fenced in with four little terrier type killer dogs (not really, but they would be killers if they weighed more than fifteen pounds a piece!) Had to give it up on a bigger garden out in the pasture.

El Toro · Mar 24, 2014

I'm going to fence in one section of my garden to keep out the rabbits and groundhogs. A man that posted on here told me he had 2000 feet of wire and come and get what I needed. I'll post a picture once I get the garden plowed and the fence up. The fence is rust proofed and I'm going to bury it about 8 inches deep. It's 48" high. I'm also going to cover the lower area with chicken wire since small rabbits could get in. He cut the fence in 13 foot lengths to make it easier to handle. Hal

Donald Lehman · Mar 24, 2014

Ive found the best way to keep rabbits out of a garden is to shoot every one you see and trap the rest. No, not live traps. Plain old leg hold traps. As soon as a rabbit or woodchuck starts chewing on a veggie type lay down every cotton pickin' trap you can get your hands on around the veggies they have taken a liking to. Woodchucks will dig under your fence no matter how deep you bury the thing. Traps and bullets are the only way to get rid of them with any certainty. My experience with fencing is that either one of those critters will find a way to get in the garden somehow. Fencing will slow em down somewhat and it's definately worth the effort, but won't stop em completely. Rabbits will absolutetly wipe out carrots, lettuce, parsnips and brussls sprouts! They will hit peas pretty hard, too. Be prepared for all out war if you have a lot of rabbits around and keep your elimination activites to yourself to avoid run ins with the local game wardens.

pete black · Mar 24, 2014

rabbits move in and soon foxes/coyotes to feed on them. rabbits gone and then so foxes/coyotes leave in search of food. natural order of things. now, groundhogs are different!

jimg.allentown · Mar 24, 2014

I have found that electric netting type fence is VERY effective. Been using it around my garden for 2 seasons now, and have had no problems with rabbits or ground hogs. Previous season (before the fence), a ground hog went through my tomatoes, and took a bite from EVERY ONE!!!! I was so pizzed off that I went right to the gun store and bought a 22 rifle with a scope.

ss55 · Mar 24, 2014

As Angle Iron said: chicken wire. Twenty four inch high works well for me. Baby rabbits seem to squeeze through all the woven wire fences I've tried.

Wile E · Mar 24, 2014

I agree that shooting them is the best way to get rid of them. Elmer Fudd style.

Many years ago a guy was hired to kill all the raccoons he could that were eating the feed corn on a 60 acre plot right down the road from me. The guy ended up shooting over 50 of them. This was over 20 years ago. The coons would knock down a stalk and take one bite out of an ear then go to the next one and so on. A buddy of mine used to plow that field.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 25, 2014

With a 22. Plus you save on your grocery bill.

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