hungryeyes Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Once again the bunnies are eating up the flower beds Any suggestions on keeping them out of the flower beds??? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 We're having the same problems with the squirrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarBabi7 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Garlic bulbs used to work for me. May not for you, but it's something to try and safe.Sugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Sugar, how did you get the rabbits to eat the garlic Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarBabi7 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I made sure to add the garlic to the spaghetti sauce of course! LOLThey don't have to eat it. Apparently the smell is enough to keep them away.If you plant green onions in between carrots and lettuce in the garden, not only does it generally keep small animals away, but most bugs as well. The garlic thing is suppose to work with nibbling deer also. I never had a deer problem, so can't verify that. But I do know that opposum and raccoon don't like the garliceither.See how domestic I can be?Sugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Suppose that would work on a groundhog?? We had a groundhog sunning himself on our deck when I got home from work Monday! He's got a hole dug there too! I haven't seen a bunny yet this year, so possibly, if you get yourself a groundhog, the bunnies will go away?!!If you decide you want to try it, I'll try to box him up and overnight him to ya!--Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Well, as suggested in another thread, you may want to put a boombox in the window and blastSchuberts Fourth Symphony at them. They will either fall asleep, leaving the flowers and vegetables alone, or they will move to the neighbors yard. (where they are most likely playing Beatles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool chick auntie Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 There are granular products you can buy to sprinkle around the garden to repel animals. Keeps dogs away from shrubs, too. They are available at garden centers, hardware stores, etc. I think they are a bit pricey, but it depends how bothersome the animals are, it might be worth it to you. They don't like ammonia either, but I don't know how practical it would be. Ammonia is what we used to get a skunk out of the garage once, soaked a cloth in it and tossed it near him. (Made sure there was a good supply of tomato juice on hand before this procedure.) Or maybe you could make mesh covers for the plants? Stakes and chickenwire are not too expensive at the hardware store. Good luck. cool chick auntie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannoman Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Wabbits don't like marigolds. Ring the flower bed with them. Worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Nothing that a clean shot with a BB Gun couldn't take care of! (I'm kidding!) Seriously, my wife has tried all kinds of deterrents. Even laying out mothballs, but even that didn't discourage them from chewing up her tulips. She's tried almost everything everyone's suggested so far to no avail...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Well, I got home tonight and had a bunny in my backyard. I really wasn't sure at first that it was a bunny, 'cause he had NO EARS!!! Must have froze off this winter! Talk about a strange looking creature! Anyway, I got some garlic cloves and put them all around the deck and around the foundation of the house, so we'll see how that works. --Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecstasy Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I was going to mention the marigolds, too. Supposedly they work in between rows of vegetables in veggie gardens. I also read something briefly about dried blood which you can get through a garden shop. I guess the animals smell it and it scares them away. Logical --- blood would scare ME away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marie Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Believe it or not you can purchase coyote or fox urine in spray bottles. It is supposed to repel deer as well as bunnies. A well stocked garden center should have it. I don't want to know how it is collected in the first place though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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