Re: rabbit fencing?
- Subject: Re: rabbit fencing?
- From: Tony and Moira Ryan t*@xtra.co.nz
- Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 08:15:17 +1300
Nan Sterman wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me with the specs for a rabbit fence around a veg
> garden? What kind of fencing is best (this is to line a standard
> fence that will surround the garden)? how deep does it need to be
> buried and how tall does it need to be?
Hi Nan,
I assume you can just ask for "rabbit wire" at your hardware supplier -
they should know the appropriate, locally available, medium!
I'm not sure about height, but rabbits cannot jump high, so two feet may
be enough, three feet I am sure is enough.
One thing I /can/ tell you is the necessity to form a horizontal "apron"
of wire underground on the outer side. This need not be deep - 2-3
inches below the surface - but it must extend about 18" forward,
horizontally, on the outer side (i.e. the side where the rabbits are
coming from).
Rabbits encountering a wire fence will try to dig under it, as you
clearly are already aware, but if they then encounter more wire below
ground, they do /not/ have sufficient intelligence to try digging
further away from the fence to find out where the wire stops.
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
