my garden is comming up and doing well but how do you keep rabbits out they are eating my tomato plants
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on May 25, 2012you can purchase small wire garden fence that simply pushes into the ground with metal stakes. They really do not climb so this only needs to be a foot or two high in order for it to work.Helpful Reply
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Walter Reeves on May 25, 2012Good advice from Woodbridge...and despite other advice to the contrary, I've never had rabbits dig under a fence.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Rhodes C on May 26, 2012Patricia, you can borrow my big black cat MAGIC. He has brought through the pet door onto the back porch several rabbits this year. Oh how pitiful and sad but he was doing what cats do and there have been no more rabbits hopping around my garden. Get an outside cat with claws and cat sense.Helpful Reply
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Patricia B on May 26, 2012LOL!! I got 2 cats outside and they are so old and lazy the rabbits would hop all over them and they would just lay and laugh at them.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Rhodes C on May 27, 2012Hahahahaha. I wish Magic would not kill the rabbits. The rabbits are so playful and do not bother my veggie garden so long I don't plant lettuce.Helpful Reply
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Kathy H on May 27, 2012Sprinkle cayanne pepper all around and on your plants. Works for me every time!Helpful Reply
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Carolyn Hoxton on May 25, 2014I have tried everything, about ready to give up, my hubby said they jumped over the chicken wire today, and it's 2 ft high...they are annoyingHelpful Reply
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Julia on Sep 05, 2015Try blood and bone in the garden beds. Rabbits are vegetarians and hate itHelpful Reply
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Carolyn Hoxton on Sep 06, 2015Wire around..chicken rwire..small holes is about the only solutionHelpful Reply
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Tonya Dee Mihm on Oct 09, 2015Plant marigolds around the garden, they keep away the pests...the rabbits don't like the marigolds, so they stay away, helps keep some "bad" bugs away too! Also, the chicken wire helps a lot...just put a few posts in the ground, and then put the chicken wire around it...its simple and its inexpensive...hope this helps.Helpful Reply
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JoAnn Dibeler on Dec 19, 2015I have heard dryer sheetsHelpful Reply
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Danny-Leigh Hill on Mar 10, 2016You can also get some old rags soaked in some old stinky perfume and put them at the 4 corners of your garden . That will keep rabbits , groundhogs etc out of your garden !!Helpful Reply
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Dfm on Mar 10, 2016ive tried perfumes, hot pepper flakes, noise makers, blood meal. the only thing that really works for me is to put small hole fencing around each tomato or pepper plant. yup each. the plastic hardware cloth in black....shades the small transplants, and will keep rabbits from nibbling the young plants. i wrap it around the individual cage, use twist ties to connect the ends and have used them for quite a few years. untwist the ties, lay them flat for storage.Helpful Reply
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Eloise on Apr 30, 2016This works well on squirrels. It's cheap enough to try on rabbits. I don't bother with the popsicle sticks, just place them throughout the garden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3lywff0eUMHelpful Reply
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Eileen B. on May 14, 2016My problem is deer but I see that peonies are deer deterentsHelpful Reply
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