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Post by tnt on Mar 27, 2007 10:55:51 GMT
We are breeding rabbits, well we're not but the rabbits that live all around us are breeding. Now our veg patch has got stone walls surrounding three sides of it and will soon have netting across the front and the gate of it to try and prevent the little things getting into the veg patch.
Problem is the other day we went out for a walk around and a rabbit saw us - it jumped up onto the wall and over the other side! This is somewhat worrying as the last thing I was to do is plant out veg and have the rabbits come along and eat it for us!
Tim has got the use of a gun from Ice and Blu but I'm not too sure that this will work all the time. Saying that the rabbits don't currently tend to go into the veg patch - they have dug up just about every other bit of land around and about us but not the veg patch - maybe they won't go near it!
We'll find out I guess once the veg goes in and starts to grow.
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Post by Starchild on Mar 27, 2007 11:43:39 GMT
Rabbits If rabbits are known to be a problem in the area, a strong wire mesh fence is a good first line of defence, ideally around the whole garden perimeter if possible. It should be 1 – 1.5 metres high and extend 30cm or so below ground level – and angled outwards – to stop them simply burrowing underneath. Suitable rolls of wire, with holes no bigger than 2.5cm, are often sold at very reasonable cost in agricultural suppliers specifically for this use. Vulnerable plants or beds can be protected individually in much the same way and wire mesh or purpose made tree-guards will protect young saplings from having their bark stripped. In addition, some gardeners have found that growing garlic as a companion crop to plants which are particularly at risk has helped reduce damage. One of the most effective pest repellents, a bone-oil preparation called Renardine, which had been in use to repel a variety of pests – including both rabbits and moles – since the late nineteenth century, is now no longer legal to buy, use or store. However, other types of chemical repellent appear to offer some protection against rabbits, though their effectiveness appears to be lessened in wet weather. Various modern devices are also available which use motion detection to trigger a response to pests arriving in the garden. Ultrasonic devices are designed to produce sounds at a frequency that rabbits find unpleasant, while the Contech Scarecrow – a motion-activated sprinkler – repels them with a short burst of water. In the event that these measures fail, however, professional help is probably going to be required and the solution is likely to have to be drastic – shooting, ferreting, cage trapping or gassing being typical methods, depending on the circumstances and numbers involved. www.nomorepests.co.uk/ProtectingYourGardenAgainstRabbitsAndMoles.html
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Post by stormy on Mar 28, 2007 1:09:06 GMT
i hear the lions dung works rather well.
but want i want to know, if how do Uk bunnies know what a sodding lion is anyway.
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Post by mickster on Mar 28, 2007 20:02:24 GMT
I've got a bloody warren on the other side of the garden fence! The bunnies are now in the cute and tiny stage and just sit there unafraid twitching their noses and making obscene gestures at me. Time methinks, to zero in the telesight and put paid to them. They scoffed all my beans, sunflowers and jerusalem artichokes last year. The little sods are going to find things a little more dificult this time around. Still, when Sue and I come up in June, I'll bring the air rifle. Then Blu and I can help to fill your freezer with some nice tasty bunnies. ;D Mick.
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Post by stormy on Mar 28, 2007 21:48:20 GMT
and make me a nice pair of bunny skin toe warmering slippers.
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Post by mickster on Mar 29, 2007 20:29:21 GMT
and make me a nice pair of bunny skin toe warmering slippers. She thinks I'm a cobbler? ;D Mick.
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Post by stormy on Mar 29, 2007 20:53:12 GMT
well, that and other things lol
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