I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

Thanks,

Tim
S.New Jersey

I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

I tried this once, and the rabbits ate the marigolds. No lie.

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I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits
out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

I tried this once, and the rabbits ate the marigolds. No lie.

You're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to wear the marigolds and
strangle the rabbits.

Steve

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"Mitch" Mitch@... wrote in message
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I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits
out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

I tried this once, and the rabbits ate the marigolds. No lie.

You're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to wear the marigolds and
strangle the rabbits.

Steve

No, you are supposed to use the marigold flowers to season roast rabbit.
;-d
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We have at least three rabbits roamin our 1-1/2 acre propriety. So far,
I've planted nothing they want - they seem to be content with the clover in
the yard. I am wanting to plant some lettuce and spinach for the fall, I
think that is where the trouble will start.

I just don't have the heart to kill (or even trap) these cute little
creatures.

-Tim
S. New Jersey


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I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits
out. Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

Thanks,

Tim
S.New Jersey

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"Tim" wrote:

We have at least three rabbits roamin our 1-1/2 acre propriety. So far,
I've planted nothing they want - they seem to be content with the clover in
the yard. I am wanting to plant some lettuce and spinach for the fall, I
think that is where the trouble will start.

I just don't have the heart to kill (or even trap) these cute little
creatures.

-Tim
S. New Jersey

Try some low set hotwires.
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Tim wrote:

We have at least three rabbits roamin our 1-1/2 acre propriety. So far,
I've planted nothing they want - they seem to be content with the clover in
the yard. I am wanting to plant some lettuce and spinach for the fall, I
think that is where the trouble will start.

I just don't have the heart to kill (or even trap) these cute little
creatures.

-Tim
S. New Jersey
Try to think of them as rats that hop, it helps. Although wild rabbit,
properly prepared can be delicious. then there's tree rats, aka
squirrels; and sky rats, aka pigeons.

George

Omelet wrote:

Try some low set hotwires.

Mine hop over the low wire and under the high one.
Well, at least bunnies don't clean you out wholesale like woodchucks or
Bambi and family!


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Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

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Omelet wrote:

Try some low set hotwires.

Mine hop over the low wire and under the high one.
Well, at least bunnies don't clean you out wholesale like woodchucks or
Bambi and family!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

I must agree that bunnies are cute... but there has got to be some kind
of wire to stop them.

I have dogs.
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Omelet expounded:

I must agree that bunnies are cute... but there has got to be some kind
of wire to stop them.

I have dogs.

Dogs work. The year after I lost Molly the bunnies started to venture
into the garden. We pour male urine (!!), preferably morning urine,
around the perimeter - not in the garden, but just outside. So far it
seems to be working.
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I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

Thanks,

Tim
S.New Jersey

Marigolds won't work.
..22 LRHP will.

Ross

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"Tim" wrote:

I've been told that Marigolds planted around a garden will keep rabbits out.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Confirm or debunk?

Thanks,

Tim
S.New Jersey

Honey, shotguns deter bunnies. Get real. (I have recipes.)

Jan

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Marigolds won't work.

Bunnies may be *cute*, but they carry a schload of parasites and
disease. Fleas, worms of varying sorts, including tapeworm, Tuleremia.
I have to worm my cat on a regular schedule, every three months,
because he eliminates them and has had tapeworm in the far past. Not
to mention the damge they do to gardens, trees, etc.

The solution is not deterence. The solution is elimination. Like
George says, imagine them as rats......they will breed like rats as
well. If you are going to eat them, *do not* dress them without
wearing protection, particularly if you have any breaks in the skin on
your hands.

RWS or Gamo.

Toughen up.

Charlie

Check for pustules on the back leg meat too when you dress them out, as
well as spotty/unhealthy looking livers.

Dad taught me what to look for when eating wild rabbits at a very young
age. Obviously diseased bunny carcasses were not consumed.
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Omelet expounded:

I must agree that bunnies are cute... but there has got to be some kind
of wire to stop them.

I have dogs.

Dogs work. The year after I lost Molly the bunnies started to venture
into the garden. We pour male urine (!!), preferably morning urine,
around the perimeter - not in the garden, but just outside. So far it
seems to be working.

That is interesting, but doesn't it cause a stink?

Since good fences make good neighbors (and good yard security) I have 6'
perimeter fences in the back and 5' in front. The dogs have a nice
fenced yard this way and don't bother my garden for the most part. The
pair out back was starting to lay in my flower bed so I put some tomato
cages in there to discourage them.

I don't suffer from (mammalian) garden predators. Insect predators are a
different story sometimes... :-P

I also never get raided by deer and there is a small herd around here
that often grazes right across the street.
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.22 LRHP will.

Sure will! Great choice if suitable for conditions.

RWS model 48 or Gamo hunter 220.....both .177, 1100 fps, or any other
*real* air rifle.

Cheap, safer than .22, effective as all get out......and *quiet*!

Just depends upon yer situation. ;-)

Charlie.....who detests vermin infested, diseased, destructive, Hoppy
Rats in HisSpace.

I'll second the recommend for a GOOD air rifle. No way can I use a .22
here as there are no firearm discharges in the city limits.

Just DO eat the bunnies if you are going to shoot them? I'm sure that
many of us can post recipes.
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