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Caroline

Caroline Report 14 Apr 2017 14:31

How can I stop rabbits from eating my seedlings when they start soon ?

Last couple of years they've tried to eat most plants I've put out....often with great success :-)

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 14 Apr 2017 14:42

Just net the land off
But with Rabbits where there's a will they will find a way :-( :-(

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 14 Apr 2017 15:13

I think with rabbits you have to dig down to put netting round as they burrow underneath. Have you tried growing them in containers up off the ground?

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Caroline

Caroline Report 14 Apr 2017 15:16

Any idea how high before they stop eating ?
Netting I would assume yes it would have to be buried a bit.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 14 Apr 2017 17:39

1. Encourage Foxes. They like rabbits but are v smelly.
2. Poison. Works well. Block up burrows. Both illegal
3. Sit patiently in the moonlight with Mr Twelve Bore and Ms Dot 22
4. Scarecrows but the rabbits soon get used
5. Borrow Allan's dingo half breed
6. Help establish nesting boxes for birds of prey esp owls together with no Street Lighting after midnight
7. Get some ferret
8. Ask D Trump for help

6, 7 work best

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Caroline

Caroline Report 14 Apr 2017 17:43

Interesting ideas !

Island

Island Report 14 Apr 2017 19:30

Rabbits won't stop eating your plants until they are gone.

Allotment or garden?

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I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 14 Apr 2017 19:32

A bit of lead behind their ears stops them ;-) ;-)

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 14 Apr 2017 19:34

They are delicious in a stew.

Caroline

Caroline Report 14 Apr 2017 21:32

Garden in city but they're everywhere last few years...breeding like rabbits

Yes lovely in a stew...sorry that will upset some I know ....

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 14 Apr 2017 22:41

Jack Russell?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Allan

Allan Report 14 Apr 2017 22:57

We don't have a problem with rabbits, just several bobtails and a Guinea Pig with a voracious appetite :-D :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 14 Apr 2017 23:09

I don't grow vegetables, but when I had two guinea pigs loose in the garden (put in their hutch at night), I, and my immediate neighbour (hole in the fence) never had to cut our grass - and there wasn't a dandelion in sight!!

Two years after they died - not so much a lawn, more of a dandelion meadow :-(

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Kay????

Kay???? Report 14 Apr 2017 23:11

container growing for veg.

Caroline

Caroline Report 14 Apr 2017 23:13

Might have to do that Kay thanks

Maggie if they'd eat the weeds and cut the grass I wouldn't mind but they don't !!

Kay????

Kay???? Report 14 Apr 2017 23:24

make them high as a rabbit can stand on its back legs. :-D :-D.

Allan

Allan Report 14 Apr 2017 23:28

Ah! Fussy rabbits..

They are great in fusspots :-D :-D

Caroline

Caroline Report 15 Apr 2017 00:18

Or I'll get a gun ;-)

Allan

Allan Report 15 Apr 2017 00:29

You could always see if Elmer Fudd is for hire :-D :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 15 Apr 2017 00:37

Daughter had a similar problem with Jesus a rabbit bought for grand daughter's 6th birthday (April 6th - near enough for school to start on the Governments Easter curriculum) - hence the name.
Anyway, Jesus was 'free range' until he started eating every bl**dy plant.
Fearing he would poison himself, he was corralled in a huge run, but still escaped.

I told my daughter to buy her a guinea pig - but no, she bought a rabbit :-|

I sometimes wonder why I bother being a grumpy granny :-P

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

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