It's been a while since I've posted - I guess winter keeps me a wee bit
dormant too :-)

It's also been a very long time since I've seen a wasically wabbit in my
yard - probably a minimum of 10-15 years (seriously!). I've had woodchucks
destroy my flower garden (mostly the lupine and Echinacea) and then I
believe over the past year or two have had coyotes come in a destroy the
woodchucks --YAY!

Now, the past two nights I've had a bunny out in the back yard - not near
the flowers (which aren't even up yet, I'm 20 miles north of Boston) - but
still he/she sitting out there happily munching makes me nervous. My lawn
has TONS of clover in it as well as violets all over too ... but how long
will that stuff keep Bunny happy? One flower garden is very near the house
and would involve climbing up a set of concrete stairs, but the other one is
a little further way and only 2 steps above the back lawn where I saw Bunny
eating.

I can hope that I'll have coyote crowd control I suppose -- and I'm sure
that will happen as they are plentiful around here. But, should I throw out
a pre-emptive strike here and start piling up veggies on the other side of
my backyard ... away from the flower garden? A good diversion maybe? A
little Bunny bribery?

A .22 and the whole trap-move-release thing is out of the question. I also
cannot get a dog :-)

I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

TIA,
LeeAnne

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.


"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

We had our first rabbits two years ago. As a child of suburbia, I have to
tell
you I was thrilled to see "wildlife" in the garden. I even planted
carrots,
which weren't touched.

Amazingly, I really have seen no damage at all by them, and I saw rabbits
on my
property regularly all summer. It makes me wonder what all the
handwringing
over critters is about.

The only thing I noticed was the spent crocus foliage missing one morning.
Close inspection revealed it was chewed to the ground. Not a big deal.

This winter the red-tailed hawks discovered the neighborhood and no doubt
the
rabbits too. So sometimes the problems (if they are considered problems)
solve
themselves.

~flick

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.


"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

We had our first rabbits two years ago. As a child of suburbia, I have to
tell
you I was thrilled to see "wildlife" in the garden. I even planted
carrots,
which weren't touched.

Amazingly, I really have seen no damage at all by them, and I saw rabbits
on my
property regularly all summer. It makes me wonder what all the
handwringing
over critters is about.

The only thing I noticed was the spent crocus foliage missing one morning.
Close inspection revealed it was chewed to the ground. Not a big deal.

This winter the red-tailed hawks discovered the neighborhood and no doubt
the
rabbits too. So sometimes the problems (if they are considered problems)
solve
themselves.

~flick

LeeAnne wrote:

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.





Put some clover in the lawn somewhere away from the garden. No
additional care required.

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.


"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

We had our first rabbits two years ago. As a child of suburbia, I have to
tell
you I was thrilled to see "wildlife" in the garden. I even planted
carrots,
which weren't touched.

Amazingly, I really have seen no damage at all by them, and I saw rabbits
on my
property regularly all summer. It makes me wonder what all the
handwringing
over critters is about.

The only thing I noticed was the spent crocus foliage missing one morning.
Close inspection revealed it was chewed to the ground. Not a big deal.

This winter the red-tailed hawks discovered the neighborhood and no doubt
the
rabbits too. So sometimes the problems (if they are considered problems)
solve
themselves.

~flick

LeeAnne wrote:

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.





Put some clover in the lawn somewhere away from the garden. No
additional care required.

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.


"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

We had our first rabbits two years ago. As a child of suburbia, I have to
tell
you I was thrilled to see "wildlife" in the garden. I even planted
carrots,
which weren't touched.

Amazingly, I really have seen no damage at all by them, and I saw rabbits
on my
property regularly all summer. It makes me wonder what all the
handwringing
over critters is about.

The only thing I noticed was the spent crocus foliage missing one morning.
Close inspection revealed it was chewed to the ground. Not a big deal.

This winter the red-tailed hawks discovered the neighborhood and no doubt
the
rabbits too. So sometimes the problems (if they are considered problems)
solve
themselves.

~flick

LeeAnne wrote:

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-) Can't
hurt.





Put some clover in the lawn somewhere away from the garden. No
additional care required.

I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

We had our first rabbits two years ago. As a child of suburbia, I have to tell
you I was thrilled to see "wildlife" in the garden. I even planted carrots,
which weren't touched.

Amazingly, I really have seen no damage at all by them, and I saw rabbits on my
property regularly all summer. It makes me wonder what all the handwringing
over critters is about.

The only thing I noticed was the spent crocus foliage missing one morning.
Close inspection revealed it was chewed to the ground. Not a big deal.

This winter the red-tailed hawks discovered the neighborhood and no doubt the
rabbits too. So sometimes the problems (if they are considered problems) solve
themselves.

~flick

Hi Dwight - my lawn is loaded with clover, so hopefully Little Bunny Foo Foo
will stay happy. Or the coyote will come back, one or the other I'm sure
.... either way is OK w/me.

LeeAnne

"Dwight Sipler" wrote in message
...
LeeAnne wrote:

Good to know, thanks for the information -- I guess I'll just take a
wait
and see attitude and maybe throw out some bribery carrots anyway :-)
Can't
hurt.





Put some clover in the lawn somewhere away from the garden. No
additional care required.

Hate the bastids. Fence them out, and if one get in the fenced area, club
it to death.
http://personal.ecu.edu/wuenschk/rabbits.htm

"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

Hate the bastids. Fence them out, and if one get in the fenced area, club
it to death.
http://personal.ecu.edu/wuenschk/rabbits.htm

"flicker" wrote in message
...
I hope you all are well and can tell me how you've handled your hopping
critters.

"Karl L. Wuensch" wrote:

.... Fence them out...




Some years ago I put rabbit fence (4' high) around my garden and left a
gate to make it easier for me to get in and out. One day I saw a rabbit
in the garden (the gate was closed). I opened the gate, went in and
tried to herd the rabbit toward the open gate. The rabbit took one look
at me and hopped effortlessly over the fence. So much for rabbit fence.

"Karl L. Wuensch" wrote:

.... Fence them out...




Some years ago I put rabbit fence (4' high) around my garden and left a
gate to make it easier for me to get in and out. One day I saw a rabbit
in the garden (the gate was closed). I opened the gate, went in and
tried to herd the rabbit toward the open gate. The rabbit took one look
at me and hopped effortlessly over the fence. So much for rabbit fence.

"Karl L. Wuensch" wrote:

.... Fence them out...




Some years ago I put rabbit fence (4' high) around my garden and left a
gate to make it easier for me to get in and out. One day I saw a rabbit
in the garden (the gate was closed). I opened the gate, went in and
tried to herd the rabbit toward the open gate. The rabbit took one look
at me and hopped effortlessly over the fence. So much for rabbit fence.