Hi folks,
I apologize in advance if this seems like a silly question.
My wife and I are thinking of setting up a hanging herb garden in our back yard this year, but neither of us has experience in doing so.
We have a rather large rabbit population in our area, and so we'd like to make the garden as "rabbit-proof" as possible. Any recommendations (minumum height, etc) on how we might go about this?
TIA
-Shaun
Rabbits can't fly nor climb so a hanging garden or just one that is raised at least four feet high should do the job. Cotton tails or jacks? Jack rabbits can jump pretty high, cottontails not so much. Cottontail rabbits are very tasty, jackrabbits can be a bit tough so make a stew. A high powered pellet gun or a .22 rifle with shorts should take care of them.
Many years ago we had a commercial rabbitry and showed them at fairs, etc. plus we ate a lot, sold the hides, and rabbit poop can be put straight onto a garden as it does not "burn." If other folks crave rabbit meat you can get some good money for them.
Wild rabbits can easily dig under a wire fence but if you bury another foot of fence in the dirt they usually won't dig that deep. At any rate, rabbits are good to eat, make good fertilizer, and the hides are easy to sell.
George
Thanks mate, we'll plan on 3-4 feet, just to be safe. No dice on the guns (or traps for that matter)... city bylaws and all that.
I've never tried rabbit, although I'm certainly not adverse.
Well, there's no shortage of rabbit... fertilizer... in our yard. Perhaps when it comes time, our little one can earn a bit of allowance money ;)
-Shaun
I started with rabbits about age 5 in the last years of WWII. Meat of any kind was hard to come by so I was raising domestic rabbits in cages in the backyard. We married in 1960 and built a home on a half acre my parents gave each of us kids.Wife and I ran a commercial rabbitry for about 12 years. Lots of good meat, sold the hides, sold a lot of the meat, and had a wonderful garden with rabbit droppings.
To bad you can't run a trio for home meat and good fertilizer but you still can use the droppings. Good luck Shaun.
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