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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Critters
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:20:58 -0400

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:54:00 -0400, you wrote:

>I am desperately looking for some advice on chipmunks and rabbits. It
>has been a terrible year for both in our area. I am ready to post
>myself 24/7 (probably lose my job if I do that!) to shoot them!! I have
>lost over $50 worth of plants that I bought this year to the rabbits so
>far. There seems to be an explosion this year and to top it off, we
>have a domestic rabbit living in our woods and he is just going to town
>even worse than the cotton tails. I would really love to hear some
>idea's. I did find a recipe for ammonia and soap solution to spray
>around the plants from Jerry Baker.
>

We surround everything we plant with a cylinder of 1" mesh
chicken wire. We'll leave the chicken wire there until the
plants have grown large enough that the rabbits won't attack
them.

It's a nuisance, but it's better than having our plants
killed by rabbits.

Pat




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