Hello!

A couple of years back I put up a post called "garden wipeout" about how
our garden been totally raised to the ground by rabbits or gophers or
some other cute and ravenous version of rats.

I have come up with an easy solution for those who don't want to build
an elaborate fence system or go rampaging through your residential
neighbourhood with a shotgun...

Just wrap the outside of tomato cages completley in chicken wire. You
then bury some of the chicken wire to keep out burrowers. Then plant
lettuces beans etc. in the middle. They will look like little rows of
waste paper baskets. This works well, we tried it last year. You can
even put clear garbage bags over them when it frosts. Handling the
chicken wire is a little tricky, and you have watch out culitivating
because the loose points are still pretty sharp, but the cage will keep
the little critters out. They work especially well for beans, a bunny
favourite.
The best part is it's cheap and you can make as many or few as you need.
The tools required are wire cutters and heavy work gloves.

-Charlie



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