flowerbug
Sustainability Master
we have an old fence around the main vegetable gardens - it mostly does work for rabbits but it is the wrong kind of fence. the bunnies don't know that if they just go up a few feet they can get through. we have had some rabbits get through and have had to chase them out of the gardens or catch their little ones. i hunt rabbits here (sadly) if they are inside or outside the fence. the poles for this old fence are very cheap ones and are beginning to fall over.
we have other 6ft fencing which i've put up more recently but it does not completely enclose the yard or the old garden so groundhogs and raccoons can still get in, plus they go in through the gaps in the gate. it's really only good at keeping deer out.
longer term if i stay here i'll fence the entire area i'd like to have done with the 6ft fencing and some good t-posts and be done with it. i'm tired of the deer doing the damage and also having to worry about deer ticks and in the process this would also mean the rabbits and groundhogs should be kept out and perhaps it would also cut down on raccoons bothering to get in. they can climb but perhaps they won't enjoy the trip and would do less of it.
at present i don't even bother to grow sweet corn or other types of corn due to raccoons shredding everything. they leave most other plants alone for the most part other than sometimes going after the roots of potted starts from the greenhouse where they've used fishy smelling fertilizers. they don't eat the plants they just think there's something good for them to eat down there and dig it up looking. you'd think onions would be safe but the onion starts we used to plant outside the fence we now plant inside because of the raccoons uprooting them.
