Todd wrote:
Hi All,

I went out in the dark with a flash light to water my
garden. Found the cutest little wabbit (Elmer Fudd speak
for "rabbit") about the size of a baseball taking a nap
in my zukes. He got a bath but good and now resides in
other parts of my yard. Though he was a rat at first.

Are rabbits something to worry about? If so, how would
you rid your garden of them?

Many thanks,
-T

The rabbits around here like sprouts, so they eat as soon as the shoot
comes out of the ground. I plant a row of beans and think half of them
didn't germinate, they I look closely and see they were in fact eaten.
Anything that gets past the sprout state doesn't seem to interest them.
This makes me think the hot sauce spray would be ineffective, as you
could only spray the more developed plants that the rabbits don't bother.

I bought an electric fence to protect my valuables from the rabbits and
racoons. It comes with a two-foot small mesh wire fence, and some wires
that go on small poles outside the fence and are hooked to a solar power
panel. My wife reports that it gives a tingle when you touch it (she
forgot to turn it off when she is weeding) which is apparently enough to
deter the predators. It is a bit of work because we have to weed around
it to keep the weeds from shorting it out, but the fresh sweet corn in
particular is well worth it.

I'm in the US, and found the fence at
http://www.mrmcgregorsgardenstore.com