End of Season Report on the Bunny Proofed Raised Bed

Wasnt it simpleman who had a moated chicken yard? Maybe you could dig a moat all around the garden and fill it with water. Just make it too wide for the bunnies to jump over. And of course you would need a drawbridge so you could get across. I'm assuming your bunny doesnt know how to swim and doesnt own a little bunny canoe. Think how handy the water would be for watering and it would make a nice garden feature.

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Mus uni non fidit antro. ~ A mouse does not rely on just one hole.----Plautus

LOL, Mark! :haha: Given how many frogs I have here, the moat would likely be *hopping* ( ) in no time!

gobug, no, the bunny didn't go under. I think what happened was that I also constructed a makeshift patio on one side, plus the raised bed butts right up against an open shed (the composting/potting shed component [soon to be temporary brown hen home ]) --- so the bunny figured out not to approach the raised bed from certain angles. Instead, if he entered properly by the makeshift patio area OR went into the shed, he could just take a good hop or two over the brick wall and cinderblocks and get right into the bed.



In any case, my plan now is to yank out the brick part and two walls of cinder blocks --- which will add a nice amount of room to the bed. And I will simply have to put up some chickenwire around the bottom.

I'm pulling out the tomatoes this afternoon, which eliminates the bunny's hideout. So maybe the bunny will look elsewhere.

Yes, when the basset is snoozing in front of the patio door - on her back with legs up in the air and the bunnies are hopping across the yard just outside, I knew I was in trouble! My little bunny adventure was my first lesson in animal husbandry around here. I can tell that peacocks are going to be next. I have 17 now - doing the math they will be pretty thick around here by next year! I will have to find something useful to do with all of the new babies!

The hundred odd bunnies in my yard not only stripped every bit of vegetation away that was within bunny reach, but also demolished nearly a 50 pound bag of chicken food a day!

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Sounds like bunny and dumpling time.
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