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Old 24-08-2013, 10:01 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Harvesting winter squash

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i think we could avoid a lot of bunny
damage here if i could convince Ma to mow
the little bit of lawn we have left at a
higher level so that more clover and
plantains would be left for them to graze.


The only way to avoid a lot(all) of rabbit damage is to exclude them.

The more rabbit food you have, the more rabbits you will attract.

In numbers, you can't count on clover and plantains to draw them away from your
desirable plants and vegatables or to satisfy them.

The other way to avoid 'some' rabbit damage is to have a predator balance.

Randy, a neighbour's cat was a specialist hunter that kept the rabbits and
chipmunks under control. -- Since he left the neighbourhood, the rabbit and
chipmunk population has grown to nuisance levels with generation piling upon
generation.

For the rabbits, I will build an exclusion barrier with trap refinements right
around our near quarter acre this month because I no longer want the issue this
season and it should be in place for next.

I've yet to decide what to do about the chipmunks.