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rabbits

richardscarol55richardscarol55 Posts: 10
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rabbits eating my flowers and veg any help
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Only my commiserations.  Rabbit-proof netting with a couple of feet buried in the soil surrounding the area is the only way.  If the rabbits burrows are inside your property, then they'll need to be 'evicted' first, one way or another.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Its either https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1000696/installing-rabbit-proof-fencing/p1

    or 

    or Mr McGregor’s shotgun and Mrs McGregor’s pastry. 

    Or all three ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I nearly slipped-in a 'Do you know anyone with a Jack Russell', @Dovefromabove !  :D
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    yeah. My sympathies. Fences are the only effective solution as that thread Dove suggests
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    BobTheGardener said:
    Only my commiserations.  Rabbit-proof netting with a couple of feet buried in the soil surrounding the area is the only way.  If the rabbits burrows are inside your property, then they'll need to be 'evicted' first, one way or another.
    When burying the netting, it should go down and then be bent out at a right angle so it is parallel with the surface, that way if the rabbits burrow down to try to dig under the fence they'll meet the netting even some way from the fence ... crafty little critters, wabbits 


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8Xlx7dfT8


    🤣

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Definitely, d-fab.

    From childhood I recall my sister's rabbits comfortably digging to freedom under the fence of their run. As well as burying the fencing deeper and at angles, we sometimes buried large stones or bits of wood/concrete in the way of any potential Tom, Dick or Harry (Great) escape tunnels ;) 
    East Lancs
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    We were lucky had a new housing estate built in the fields behind us, haven't seen a rabbit since, we had no end of trouble before, even buried chicken fencing didn't stop them.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    A real life Watership Down @cornelly :'(
    East Lancs
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Don't know about that but so happy not to have rabbits eating everything in sight.
  • MrMcGregoryMrMcGregory Posts: 1
    I recently installed an electric fence powered by a solar-powered energizer.  Working perfectly.  It is charging 4 lines each set 4' distant from one another.  The lowest wire is about 4' from the ground and the highest is about 18' high.  The charge is harmless and just gives the rabbits a little sting.  Each head of lettuce I grow this year will have costed at least €5  :)
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