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Vegetable Gardens
Flower Gardens and Other Plantings

Defending Vegetable Gardens against Rabbits

Rabbits have a remarkable ability to circumvent fences and raid vegetable gardens. One can of course shoot, trap, or gas them; but by then a good deal of damage has been done, and more may occur before the offending rabbit or rabbits are dispatched.

One can also use repellents such as Deer Away, or Shake-Away; but if your vegetables provide a good potential food source, the rabbits may eventually get accustomed to the repellant and ignore it.

For the vegetable gardener, the best answer to the rabbit problem is Mr. McGregor’s Fence®. This powerful yet economical device puts a low barrier fence just behind two pet-safe, child-safe charged wires–so that a rabbit or other small animal seeking to go over or under the barrier will come into good contact with the charged wires, get zapped, and go home. Since animals are terrified by electricity much more than by repellants, this answer is 100% effective all of the time–and it works not only against rabbits but also against raccoons, woodchucks, ground squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, opossums, and virtually all small animals.

A traditional way of dealing with rabbit problems is with traps. Baited with very fresh greens this works well.

Protecting Flower Gardens and Other Decorative Plantings

People don’t normally want to put fences, even low ones, around flower gardens or ground cover plantings vulnerable to rabbits, so Mr. McGregor’s Fence® is usually not an option. In addition to the traditional trapping and bombing options, one can also scatter Shake-Away granules around vulnerable areas at regular intervals during the growing season. One can also spray growing plants with Deer Away, a repellant that gives them an extremely unpleasant taste and strongly discourages rabbits. This spraying must be repeated every few weeks in the growing season, because the plants grow fast, and rabbits will find that new shoots taste just fine. However, aside from the need for repeated treatments, this is a very good answer to the rabbit problem in non-vegetable areas. Another good option is the use of motion activated watersprayers which puts out a short, sharp, burst of water that scares the willies out of rabbits.

 

 

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