I used to grow my cucs, pole beans, snow peas, and summer spinach on an
upright trellis. I was very limited on space and it worked out great. The
reason I'm telling you this is because I think my setup might be appropriate
for your bunny situation.

I bought 6' green fence posts (metal with hooks running up to the top) from
Home Depot and then stretched heavy duty (you can double it too) bird block
netting between the posts. The netting can be hooked on the metal hooks and
secured with string or twine. You could buy shorter fence posts and use the
netting at the bottom of the posts to keep them out. Pressure treated wood
should not be used in vegetable gardens because they contain arsenic.
Another deterrent for bunnies is to sprinkle a granular product that
contains fox/coyote urine around the outside edges of your garden. There
are different products out there, so I didn't name names. I think one is
called Shake Away. It may be worthwhile to try it.

Good luck,

Penny
Zone 7b - North Carolina
"Jay Chan" wrote in message
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I am trying to fence a small vegetable garden to prevent rabbits from
eating my string beans. By the way, I am living in northern New Jersey
area.

- How tall the fence should be? Is 2-ft tall enough? Rabbits in this
area are not that big. They are around 3/4-ft long when they are
sitting on the ground.

- I am planning to use a wooden fence with stiff plastic net mounted
on the fence. My question is: What type of wood should I use? Is
pressure treated wood good? Because it is a vegetable garden, I am
afraid that using pressure treated wood may not be appropriate (I
don't really know if I am worrying too much). Should I use pressure
treated wood as poles, and use cedar for the rest of the fence? Should
I use cedar to make the whole fence, and use metal
pole-footers/pole-anchors for ground contact?

I welcome any suggestion. Thanks.

Jay Chan