how do i get bunnies out of my yard?

[urquie]

the first one was soooo cute! he just nibbled a bit at my rose leaves.

one turned into three and they are destroying too many of my newly planted annuals. they are still super cute but i want them out! any ideas??

[trales]

My husband suggests a .22

[ThreeofUs]

Unfortunately, there are no good "bunny repellant"s.

NYTimes just had an article on this, called "Peter Rabbit Must Die". Here is one part:
"City people tend to take up gardening in their yards or at their summer houses with a generous attitude toward summer’s bounty, ready to live and let live. The woodchucks want a few zucchini? No problem, there are enough to go around. The rabbits are decimating the lettuce? Get a humane trap and move them elsewhere.

Soon enough, though, they realize it’s not that simple. The animals do not take one or two tomatoes as if they’re in a greenmarket in the Hamptons; they go down the row sampling, so that everything is ruined. Or they uproot and destroy a crop, without eating a thing, in their search for insects and grubs. There is, in fact, a sameness to the stories the gardeners tell: “If they just had taken one head of lettuce, or a few strawberries — but they decimated the whole thing!” After a season of grueling labor and multiple attempts at benign deterrence, the sight of a trashed garden is often the last straw: the moment when a gentle gardener will suddenly go Rambo."

If you subscribe, you can read the whole thing at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/garden/05animals.html?em&ex=1212897600&en=bce687ed91bfa440&ei=5087%0A

[JBaxter]

our neighbors cat keeps the baby bunny population under control

[urquie]

dd is using a squirt gun right now. in the rain. on the ducks. and the squirrels. and the bunnies. i just okay-ed this today!

the hummingbirds and song birds are off limits though :)



My husband suggests a .22

[deannanb]

Liquid Fence is what several women and the Home Depot employee swore by -
http://www.liquidfence.com/

(just make sure it is completely out of reach from any children - it smells like poo!)

[urquie]

darn - none of my local home depots carries it.

the employee i spoke with sheepishly suggested a shot gun and said "you know - they're not protected."

don't think that would go over too well with dd who is trying to catch them. she wants to put them in a laundry basket and feed them edamame pods and carrots. she is a bit worried about where there poo would go though...


Liquid Fence is what several women and the Home Depot employee swore by -
http://www.liquidfence.com/

(just make sure it is completely out of reach from any children - it smells like poo!)