we just moved to a new house a few weeks ago and I've discovered that we have a family of rabbits living in our back yard. they already like to hang out by our "garden" even though we have nothing planted yet.
obviously a fence is the best choice for detouring them, but I've been hearing of other suggestions like pinwheesl, human hair, chili powder etc. and I'm curious to know what's worked best for everyone else.
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Rabbit wire fence. 
Narrow openings in the bottom keeps even baby bunnies out, but larger openings towards the top allows you to reach in for harvesting, etc. Height is short enough to step over -- excellent leg lift exercises especially with gardening boots on 
-- but effectively keeps them from jumping in. 
Narrow openings in the bottom keeps even baby bunnies out, but larger openings towards the top allows you to reach in for harvesting, etc. Height is short enough to step over -- excellent leg lift exercises especially with gardening boots on -- but effectively keeps them from jumping in. -
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>>a pain in the butt.
it is. questions?
whether your rabbit friends are desperate / determined enough to dig under the fence is a question of other readily available food sources. if it's more attractive to burrow, they will.
an alternative to "burying" is to bend the fencing bottom outward 8-12" and just pin the bottom of the L-shape to the ground. theory holds the critters will run up against the fence, try to dig down right at the fence line. they hit "metal" and get discouraged.
the down side to this approach is mowing the grass.... you don't want the mower blade picking up chunks of fencing . . .
it is. questions?
whether your rabbit friends are desperate / determined enough to dig under the fence is a question of other readily available food sources. if it's more attractive to burrow, they will.
an alternative to "burying" is to bend the fencing bottom outward 8-12" and just pin the bottom of the L-shape to the ground. theory holds the critters will run up against the fence, try to dig down right at the fence line. they hit "metal" and get discouraged.
the down side to this approach is mowing the grass.... you don't want the mower blade picking up chunks of fencing . . .
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Good idea dilbert about bending the fence. I did bury one side of my fence. But I won't do it again. It is a pain in the butt not to mention the one I buried had small spaced wire at the bottom which went underground. The baby rabbits jump through the bigger spaced wire at the top. Plus also as dilbert said my neighbors unfenced garden 2 yards away keeps them happy. LOL
