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Feb 25, 2008 @ 19:14:18

bobbimay

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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

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Feb 25, 2008 @ 19:27:36

iliterate_enginere

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Have you tried setting up rabbit traps?

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Feb 25, 2008 @ 19:35:44

bobbimay

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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

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Feb 25, 2008 @ 19:46:14

colonelbleep

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

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Feb 27, 2008 @ 22:07:44

blueyes

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bobbimay said:
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

i used to bread rabbits and i realy dont think there is an answer to this problem ,the only thing you CAN do is plant your flowers in pots,it s not the same of course but the rabbits will not bother to look for the plants then

my dog Poppy 13 years old

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Feb 27, 2008 @ 22:29:14

saegespaene

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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?

-- How do you expect me to 'soar with the eagles,' when I have to work with such turkeys?

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Mar 12, 2008 @ 14:38:33

greyguitar

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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!

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Mar 12, 2008 @ 16:26:29

bobbimay

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

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Mar 12, 2008 @ 16:28:10

monkeymadness

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buy a cat/small dog

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Mar 24, 2008 @ 16:25:13

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odie

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

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Apr 04, 2008 @ 04:45:10

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tickleme

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

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Apr 04, 2008 @ 17:37:56

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bobbimay

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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.

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says...
'Oh s**t...she's awake!!

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Apr 25, 2008 @ 16:41:48

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multicoloredlady

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

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