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Graham Harrison wrote:

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Garden being overrun with rabbits. Not long moved here and had
problems
getting anything to establish due to wind. Took advice and have
planted
beech, juniper, heather and holly.

Were growing away nicely and now holly all nipped off at base, same
with young beech. Heather been 'trimmed' back to about 2" high.
Juniper
ok but I'd like a bit of variety.

Any ideas?




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wind'n'stone

Don't be squeamish.
Air Rifle.
Make friends with your local ferret man.
Find someone who keeps carniverous birds that eat rabbits and invite
him
over.
I don't believe there is such a thing as a rabbit proof garden - they
*always* find a way in so the above measures are necessary.

The above measures are pointless, they'd not have any significant
effect on an area with lots of rabbits. We have a man with a ferret
who potters around occasionally, I have a brother-in-law with an air
rifle. The *only* point of what they do is to kill a few rabbits for
eating, they have no significant effect on the overall population.

To keep the rabbits down by shooting them you'd need several people on
patrol all the time, and they'd have to be good shots as well.

Contact your local Air Rifle Club(s) and give the members an open
invitation to come over anytime on an ad hoc basis and help reduce the
population. The shootists might jump at the chance of an invite. You
could also extend the scope by giving them permission to do night
lamping if they want.