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Here on the 'Growing Plot.' we have a few bunnies, chances are by next
year they would have multiplyed, so we need to stop them eating our
vegetables, how high and how deep does our fence need to be,
Bearing in mind we are a charity helping vunderble young adults, whats
a cheap way of keeping the bunnies out.

Fencing is the only way, but there's no point fencing at all unless
you also protect every access gate to the enclosure, then make sure
people close them *every time* they pass in or out, and rabbits can't
squeeze beneath the closed gate. ( At the last place, I hung weights on
the rabbit-proof veg garden gates so they closed automatically). My
rabbit/hare proof gate in the rabbit proof boundary fence here, opens
outwards and closes against concrete blocks.

Rather than burying fencing I use galvanised wire netting with the
bottom edge turned outwards at rightangles, on the ground, held down by
a few brick stones etc. It's enough to stop them burrowing in. Netting
will need to be supported with fenceposts and wires.

Height of fence; if you buy 900mm galvanised netting you can turn 20
mm outwards and still have a reasonable height to keep rabbits out
(unless you get very deep snow). The best prices are from agricultural,
forestry or fencing suppliers (not, gardencentres, B and Q etc).

Janet

On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 23:18:14 -0000, Janet wrote:


Bearing in mind we are a charity helping vunderble young adults, whats
a cheap way of keeping the bunnies out.

Height of fence; if you buy 900mm galvanised netting you can turn 20
mm outwards and still have a reasonable height to keep rabbits out


Thanks, thats the way we will do it (we really did not want to remove
turf and dig a 200m trench)

Derek wrote:

Janet wrote:

if you buy 900mm galvanised netting you can turn 20
mm outwards and still have a reasonable height to keep rabbits out

Thanks, thats the way we will do it (we really did not want to remove
turf and dig a 200m trench)

I presume 20mm should read 200mm and therefore you would require such a
trench :-(

In article ,
says...

Derek wrote:

Janet wrote:

if you buy 900mm galvanised netting you can turn 20
mm outwards and still have a reasonable height to keep rabbits out

Thanks, thats the way we will do it (we really did not want to remove
turf and dig a 200m trench)

I presume 20mm should read 200mm and therefore you would require such a
trench :-(

Yes it should be 200mm not 20mm, ( for the right-angle turn-out)
but the 200m trench mentioned is presumably the perimeter of the veg
garden.

Janet