For the forth year in a roll I am trying to plant roses around my house....For the past 4 years the wild rabbits have eaten my plants.
I have tried everything I can think of to stop this from... putting garlic and black pepper around them to digging 10 inches down past the roots and putting a mesh fence the bunnies just dug deeper..I have had enough unless I can come up with something to stop them I may sit on my back deck with a 22 ( my 38 would make to much of a mess) and take pop shots at the bunnies I need HELP please


“Patriotism means to stand by your country. It does not mean to stand behind the president or any other public official.” Theodore Roosevelt

Have you tried setting up rabbit traps?

yes ...but I have 40 acres that butts up against state land it does no good I can't do poison either because of the wildlife that eat the rabbits like Eagles Coyotes and bobcat


“Patriotism means to stand by your country. It does not mean to stand behind the president or any other public official.” Theodore Roosevelt

I had a problem with moles eating flower bulbs. Couldn't see them till it's too late.


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Bobbimay, Your only recourse may be to build a raised flower-bed... but, out in your neck of the woods, the soil in it would likely dry up faster than you could water it.... And the local architecture doesn't allow something as simple as a few flower-boxes on window-sills or deck railings, with drip-irrigation?
Are these 'miniature roses' or the full-sized, grows-to-unbelievable-heights variety?

Have you tried feeding the rabbits away from your roses?

There are cultures that feed ants away from their homes to keep them from coming in...so it might work... it might be worth a shot.
good luck!

One year I built them their own garden away from the house but it made thing a lot worst


“Patriotism means to stand by your country. It does not mean to stand behind the president or any other public official.” Theodore Roosevelt

buy a cat/small dog

you may have to fence off that area..........rabbits will get into everything, I feel for yu!

that must be so annoying, i hope you find a solution to your problem!



Something emotional
Something that's beautiful
Something that stands the test of time
Why are the simple things so hard to find

I think I have found my solution....
I had my hubby install those buzzer/chimes that you hear when you go into some stores....bunnies pa** the beams of lasers get scared and run off...Yeah I now have my first roses of the season.


“Patriotism means to stand by your country. It does not mean to stand behind the president or any other public official.” Theodore Roosevelt

I've read that rabbits don't like dusty millers. They're plants.


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