How can i get rid of rabbits in my garden?
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Buy predator pee off the internet or at a nursery. My family uses mountain lion pee to keep deer out. It works great. You can buy coyote, fox, bobcat and mountain lion. They all stink going on, but that will fade for you and the critters will still hate it.
Rabbits? Quit feeding them....oops
I got moles, that's worse!
Shot gun
The most effective way is to shoot them.
But I am going to guess that you don't want to go that route. You can go to most hardware stores and buy a "live" trap that will safely trap a rabbit and you can then transport it somewhere else and allow it to become someone else's problem.LOL
It is also said that rabbits do not like the smell of marigolds. You might want to try planting a string of them, they are cheap enough to buy.
If you have a cat or dog outside near the garden, that will also usually keep them at bay.
Or, you can resign yourself to the fact that they may always be there and feed them rabbit pellets in the hopes that they will eat the pellets and not your plants.
fencing is pretty much your only recoarse. you can shoot them of course (they can be a great stew) but it wont stop the problem (unless your REALLY like rabbit stew)
when you fence be sure you go below the ground level and bend the fencing outward. not perfect but helps. the other alternative is a raised bed garden (in the long run this is usually the most effective) like these tho the low to the ground ones still need to be fenced you also put fence matierial underneath the crops - it does help
i like the examples here the best
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/...
http://www.ames.com/raisedbedgardens.htm...
http://www.orcaboard.com/page/dpdl/ctgy/...
http://jeffnet.org/~hgpf/howto.htm...
well you get the idea
Marigolds around the perimeter should keep them out.maybe some planted amoungst your other plants, too. They are economical, beautiful, and RABBITS HATE THE SMELL AND THE TASTE! TOO SPICY!! And they are are also safe for children and pets!
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