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Re: Fencing



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> From: Mike Fisher <mfisher@babson-bros.com>
> To: 'sqft@lists.umsl.edu'
> Subject: Fencing
> Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 3:16 PM
> 
> Help!
> 
> The rabbits in my neighborhood are eating everything in sight!  Even the 
> marigolds aren't keeping them at bay.  What are some ideas for fencing
the 
> area where my blocks are located?
> 
> Michael
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I started a new garden last year and I had problem with numerous rabbits
eating everything in site. I used some 2x2 wooden posts and used a staple
gun to fasten metal rabbit fencing (larger openings that go to small
opening near the bottom) to the posts. You could also use chicken-wire
fence and there are Steel T-posts that hold the chicken wire in place and
have a spade like bottom that can be driven into the ground. The fence is
about 3 or 4 feet high, with part of the fence buried about an inch or two
in the ground. I havn't gotten around to putting a gate in yet, but it is
low enough for me to step over. It was nice seeing those rabbits sitting
just outside admiring my veggies at harvest time last year. Also the 2x2
are easy to drive into the ground with the back of an axe. You should use
wood resistant to decay such as Cedar or Redwood. The mesh on your fence
should be 1" or smaller so that young rabbits can't get in either. The
fence needs to be at least 1 1/2 to 2 feet high so they don't jump over it.
The only problem I have with my fence so far is that its a pain to trim the
grass aound the bottom of the fence. I think i will add a few inches of
wood chips around the base of the fence this year. One nice feature of the
fence I made was that I made a compost pile off the back side out of
additional fencing that connects to a chainlink fence near the garden.

Some people use inflatable snakes to scare off rabbits or deer repelent but
I don't know how effective those are. Rodale's Organic Gardening metions
that their favorite foods are beens, beet tops, carrots, lettuce and peas.
They also eat spring shoots of tulips and other plants when they are just
coming up or fresh tender transplants. 

Scott
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