Not@home wrote:
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

No doubt this works but an electric fence isn't required for rabbits alone
as they don't climb.

D