How Do You Stop Rabbits From Eating Vegetable Plants?
There is nothing that warms a gardener’s heart more than the sight of a garden slowly filling with ripening vegetables nearly ready for the table or the canning jar. Unfortunately, there is nothing that breaks that same gardener’s heart more than the sight of a previously prosperous vegetable garden that has been ravaged by the local rabbit clan. If rabbits are ruining your summer salads, there are things you can do to save your produce for consumption by the non-lagomorphs that live on your property. Fence Peter Cottontail out. The most obvious deterrent is a fence that the rabbits can neither jump over nor crawl under. Master Gardener Lisha Utt recommends a simple chicken wire fence that is either flush with the ground or embedded several inches into the ground so the rabbits can’t get under it. A 2-foot-tall fence should be high enough to keep the rabbits out. Check with your garden supply store or lumberyard for fence-building tips. Add carnivore urine. If a rabbit thinks a large m
