Cute as they are, rabbits can do a lot of damage in the garden.
Keep rabbits from destroying your garden using a combination of repellents, diversions, and barriers.
Rabbits do most of their feeding in the evening and into the night.
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To be most effective, apply deterrents at the end of the day.
Overseeding your lawn with clover provides them with a ready source of food and fixes nitrogen in your lawn.
Clover seed is often available at garden centers next to the grass seed.
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Rabbits will also seek cover under staircases and porches.
If you have a problem with rabbits, you likely need to fence in your vegetable garden.
This opens the tree to disease and insect infestation and may kill the young tree.
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Protect freestanding plants by encircling them with 2 to 4-foot-high fencing.
You don’t have to bury it, but double-check there is no access at ground level.
And keep the fencing several inches from the trunk of the plant.
Remember that snow cover allows the rabbits to reach higher up on plants.
If you routinely get several feet of snow, you’ll need taller fencing.
Here are a sampling of the herbsand flowersthey avoid:
There is not one best homemade rabbit deterrent.
Combine these plants in your yard to discourage rabbits from staying.
Try it to see if it works in your yard.
Battling Bunnies in the Garden.Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
