What do rabbits not eat?

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annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
Now that I've moved to the country I have lots more wildlife visiting my garden - they're all welcome:welcome:

I'm happy to cover my veg to keep them safe from rabbits and to cover fruit when I need to to encourage the birds to leave me a share. I have my pots of herbs standing on tables so they're above nibbling height.

The previous residents of the house parked a caravan and truck on the front garden so it was a combination of paving and gravel. I've removed a lot of gravel and added some top soil to create a couple of beds. One of them will be for my raspberries, the other is undecided. But I'm tempted to plant one up with something colourful for the winter. I don't normally do bedding plants and I don't want to waste money planting something that the rabbits will destroy. Is there anything cheap & cheerful that they don't eat? I like pansies but I suspect they taste very nice.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Get hold of a book Gardening with the Enemy, A Guide to Rabbit-Proof Gardening. Been around a good few years you maybe able to find it on sale , if not you can buy direct. http://rabbitgarden.com/index.html
 
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annedonnelly

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
Not sure about rabbits but badgers are very fond of tulip bulbs.

There's a piece of grass here that doesn't belong to any of the houses but my neighbour looks out onto it and likes it kept tidy. We got up one morning to see that the badgers had dug lots of holes in it. I knew she'd be horrified.

She spent that afternoon filling the holes back in. Two mornings later exactly the same thing happened :laugh:
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
There's a piece of grass here that doesn't belong to any of the houses but my neighbour looks out onto it and likes it kept tidy. We got up one morning to see that the badgers had dug lots of holes in it. I knew she'd be horrified.

She spent that afternoon filling the holes back in. Two mornings later exactly the same thing happened :laugh:

A neighbour had had a lawn laid with turves. In the morning they were horrified to see 90% of it had been rolled up as Mr Badger had been grubbing underneath. To be fair they did see the funny side ... eventually
 

T4tomo

Legendary Member
There's a piece of grass here that doesn't belong to any of the houses but my neighbour looks out onto it and likes it kept tidy. We got up one morning to see that the badgers had dug lots of holes in it. I knew she'd be horrified.

She spent that afternoon filling the holes back in. Two mornings later exactly the same thing happened :laugh:

happens at a specific time of year when some grub hatches or whatever. They sniff it out and go wild for it.
 
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