Rabbits :(

[snuggles]

I was so happy that I finally got my flowerbed all fixed this summer. We noticed a few flowers looking funny then went away for a week. We came back to a pittiful looking bed with all the plants eaten up. Does anybody know a way to keep rabbits out of the flowers..or is there any flowers that rabbits dont like? I'd appreciate any ideas.

[Snowwark]

Those darn rascally rabbits! I'm sorry they found your flowers too hard to resist Snuggles. :( A lot of the Buds have had trouble with them, and I hope they can offer you some advice, but in the meantime, here's a list of rabbit resistant plants you might want to keep in mind for next year.

Rabbit resistant trees, shrubs, and plants. (http://www.gardenseeker.com/rabbit_resistant_plants.htm)

This link tells you how to build a fence to keep them away from your plants. Prevention & Control of Rabbit Damage (http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/wildlife/g1401.htm)

I hope this helps! :D

[wbk]

I have rabbits by the truckload in my neighborhood. However, the flowers I've planted are those not preferred by rabbits. My vegetable garden is another matter. I bought fencing called rabbit guard, but that didn't stop them even though the opening in the wire was 2" by 4"; I ended up wrapping 1" chicken wire around the rabbit fencing I'd alreay installed. They can be tenacious pests. The chicken wire solved the rabbit problem. I must admit, however, that the fencing is not the most attractive thing in the garden.

[snuggles]

Thanks for the help. I suppose I'll just have to start over with plants that they dont like.