How to rabbit-proof large garden?

[PILOON]

12 ga. rabbit stew!

Problem with that is you'd better have a good dental insurance plan.
Pellets, you know.

 

[EddieWalker]

You have to lay another fence on the ground, outside the fence and tie it together and anchor it to the ground with staples sold for this purpose.

It will keep out rabbits, but it's mostly used to keep out coyotes. They try to dig under the fence, but hit the wire that they are standing on, and they cannot get through.

 

[teejk]

12 ga. rabbit stew!

Only after the first hard frost! I think a 12ga might be a little overkill...a .22 or even a pellet gun should work.

 

[/pine]

Hasenpfeffer...!

 

[davesl708]

12 ga. rabbit stew!

But what wine goes with rabbit stew??:drink:

 

[Ed of all trades]

But what wine goes with rabbit stew??:drink:

AWWWWWWW poor little rabbit! Ed

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I solved my gopher problem by making cages from hardware cloth and planting my maters and peppers in them.

 

[Looking4new]

Problem with that is you'd better have a good dental insurance plan.
Pellets, you know.

Or no teeth at all!

 

[stuckmotor]

I did something similar to keep a dog in a dog pen. I split sheets of corrugated metal roofing length wise to, save money, and burried them 6 inches deep under the bottom of the fence which was also set into the trench. Around 4 inches went to the outside of the fence and the greater portion on the inside. The sheet metal was not attached to the wire. Whether it was luck or not, I don't know but, the pup never got out.

You have to lay another fence on the ground, outside the fence and tie it together and anchor it to the ground with staples sold for this purpose.

It will keep out rabbits, but it's mostly used to keep out coyotes. They try to dig under the fence, but hit the wire that they are standing on, and they cannot get through.

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[dragoneggs]

What I found works well for me is to take chicken wire and only bury it about 4" but turn it out flat for about 18". They start digging at the fenceline and hit the horizontal wire. The are not smart enough to back off 18" to dig.

We used plastic mesh around the bottom 1ft high around the outside and turned it out about a foot. Seems to work as they don't dig and probably don't like walking on the mesh material maybe.