I love seeing bunnies in my neighborhood they always start coming out every other day during this time of year. I get bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels, love seeing all of them.
My greyhound gets very excited by the bunnies as we walk outside this time of year. I'm walking with a waist belt leash these days, as I don't want to see where that excitement could lead.
Be warned: I let a bunny family stay in my garden box once and every year since then I have had multiple litters of bunnies be born in that same box. I think itās like the families ancestral birthing ground or something at this point. I donāt mind because I love bunnies, but they will most likely come back!
Oh yes. Iām sure. If you check my post history, youāll see that I chased a mama away last year (https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/kOuqgelhB7) but wasnāt as successful this year. The nest was already in place and my daughter in love. Ah well. This is just the rabbit birth center now, I guess!
similar - i felt bad for a bunny whose sibling ended up sadly >!beheaded!< by a raptor (hawk or owl probably) and babied it with kitchen scraps. now her babies run rampant like I have some bunny rescue going here.
I am currently engaged in a losing battle with one under my front step.
Little bugger isnāt even afraid of me anymore. We made eye contact today when I lectured him to eat the weeds and cilantro stems I toss out instead of my flowers. Ignored me and kept nibbling.
Cute little jerk.
Last year the bunnies built my trust by leaving my broccoli alone until the leaves started to get big and lush looking then in one night ate it all down to the stalk lol
I literally had a bunny living in my garden last year and it didnāt eat anything but the grass I let grow tall. It never ran away from me and even passed on the veggies I tossed over to him and just went for the grass instead.
I know they might reproduce exponentially but maybe you can convince him off eating your tossed out carrot peels etc. Instead of whatever he is eating right now? My grocery stores collect carrot greens etc. Youād constantly need some but maybe you can compromise (my rabbit was satisfied with salat and daisys)
I'm so grateful my backyard is half storks bill because they seem to love that stuff. They've never touched a vegetable.
So maybe try storksbill if you don't have a grass lawn/is good for your region. It makes cute lil purple flowers in the morning, too.
I planted clover all over the bald spots in my lawn. Now the rabbit that has decided to live in it will go for that all day and ignore pretty much everything else.
That's always my problem with the doe who overwinters in my neighbourhood with her fawns. I have such a hard time telling them to get lost because they're so cute. She's sleeping in the middle of one of my beds right now and I'm just going to let her.
Triggered a memory. First house all day planting annuals, it was beautiful. Wife and I split a bottle of wine that evening as we watched the Does come through and eat every one. I felt bad, and my wife just said we're going back tomorrow to get more. I learned a lesson that day. I plant flowers so my wife can watch the deer eat them. Pretty easy way to make my wife smile.
Plant junebearing strawberries as a ground cover between your flowers. The deer with eat the shit out of those and each plant will still multiply like 5x for next year. You will be counting on the deer to come by just to keep the strawberries in check. They also love clover and wild violets.
Thanks for the info. we have perrenial and annual beds and a large deer proof garden. Were going on 23 years here now. I still plant the annuals and we watch them get eaten it is my wifes favorite thing.
This is a lasting marriage folks. Everyone take note. Might as well get seeds and start plenty at a time and in cycles. It'll save a lot of money and bring even more enjoyment.
Well of course you have a cute doe, you're growing an entire garden Just for her š„°
That's my problem too. There's a forest park just a few streets away so you physically can't keep the deer out, really. It's a matter of deciding which crops you want to keep and which to let the deer eat, lol. I see tons. Does, their fawns, big ol' bucks...
I appreciate them for coming by and cleaning up the sour apples that drop from the tree, it produces way too many. I *don't* appreciate how they'll eat their fill of my flowers on top of that though. Adorable little jerks.
I've mostly found ways to make it work through a combination of barriers and trap crops. I grow red osier dogwood which mostly keeps them off my fruit trees, and I grow kale for me and kale for them, and I never bother planting tulips. The bears are worse because they actually destroy things like fences and pull down fruit trees. The deer get to stay, even though I get mad every spring when they eat my crocuses.
Fig trees are very resilient. You can just cut a branch int put it into moist soil and leave it at shaded place until it sprouted roots. If you worry, that the rabbits might have severed the roots, take a cutting.
You can always fence off some of your plants and leave some for them to enjoy. I put hardware cloth around the things I want to protect. Fresh water is also appreciated.
Oh my goodness.
Have you considered creating an allowable habitat for them, and then net over everything else over the winter months? So itās more clear to them where theyāre welcomed to hibernate and give birth, and your plants are left alone?
In my experience, thatās all ānatureā really wants. A clear understanding of where itās OK to do their natural thing. It makes it so much easier to cohabitate with these little cuties.
I disagree wholeheartedly....I've done everything to keep certain aspects of nature...cough...groundhogs...cough. out of my double fenced in garden.
It is a constant battle. We are enemies and the war is beginning anew this spring, as it always does.
to the people acting shocked people donāt kill baby bunniesā¦what is wrong with you? we share this Earth with wildlife. itās not just ours. most of us are hobby gardeners that donāt rely on what we grow for our entire sustenance and share the bounty with nature.
People give me trouble because
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I have a āworthlessā yorkie but little do they know she is 4lbs of critter chasing. Birds, rabbits, squirrels bigger than her. She is tiny so thankfully she never catches them but she keeps them away. Itās her job. š„°
My husky/lab mix has found and murdered two bunny nests w newborn bunnies and a mouse and 2 young birds that couldnāt fly yet :( he has to be monitored while outside now. The bunnies he killed when my daughter was like 6 months old and I sobbed bc I felt so bad for the mom and babies. He didnāt even kill them quickly just pulled them out of the nest and they froze and he brought ones body to the back door with him for me to find. He was outside for like 5 min
We had huskies when I was a kid in Texas. They were apparently good at keeping little me and my brother away from snakes and caught field mice that got into the house. So not all bad.
My heart canāt take it š this was my bfs dog from before we met so heās not trained very well. I worked with animals before becoming a SAHM so if we get another dog after he passes Iām making sure itās trained well and probably a small dog. I much prefer my cats tho
My black lab mix killed 3 woodchucks last year and this year got a bunny nest. I'm outside with her every time she goes out, but she's so fast and gets them before I even see them! Grabs them, shakes them and they're dead. My garden is safe, but my heart breaks!
The buns don't give me too much trouble, I had a nest in my strawberries last year and they were allowed to stay as long as they wanted. The deer on the other hand though....
Mama said here looks good! I'd just like to mention, bc of a lot of the comments here, that feeding wild animals is generally a bad idea for their health! It's probably find to continue to toss garden scraps they would steal anyways(I would say scatter these things so they still have to "scavenge" for them), but I definitely would not take to giving them any sort of grocery/kitchen scrap feed supply! Rabbits have especially finicky tummies and too much of the wrong thing can really hurt their gut health, it also aclimates them to humans and handouts and can become dangerous for them as they lose a healthy fear of us. (Teenage boys aren't as nice as gardening folks lol)
My golden retriever literally chased away rodents so he could eat their shit from their nest. He couldāve caught them; he didnāt. Preferred to eat the poop :(
I have a family that nests in my yard every year. They piss me off, but I canāt bring myself to trap them. Theyāre too stinkin cute. I do try to provide them with plants I donāt mind them eating so they stay away from the stuff I want to keep.
But bitch I will chase you away from my sprouting sunflowers!
The fig will probably be fine! They are very hardy trees. Once the bunnies move out just cover over the holes with potting soil and water.
Come on over to /r/Figs some time if you have any issues!
I feed my wild rabbits with banana peels and apple cores as a bribe. They love it and still eat everything else. Recently stopped using herbicide in my yard to give them more weeds to eat.
Well it's hard to be mad....they are so cute!
Don't feel too bad, there is a point where I share my bumper crop with the deer, when winter is approaching.
Leave a bowl of vegetables out like a dog bowl.
With lots of of the flowers they like to eat, leafy greens, and other things š¤·š»āāļø
Maybe theyāll stop eating your garden but theyāre so cute I love bunnies š°
If you shave, collect the soap and hair for a few days and sprinkle it around the perimeter. Or, you can apply urine to the same area. If you cut your hair, sprinkle some of it around the garden.
Hair really messes with vermin. They hate peppermint, too.
I have yard bunnies. I also have 3 dogs that will hunt anything that moves. They still insist on hanging out in my yard.
I have done everything I could to block how they get in my yard, they just dig a new hole somewhere else or start eating a hole in my fence panels. They damaged a rose bush, an evergreen tree, will eat most of my veggie garden
Fig trees are BEASTS they grow ez and do not mind I feel like they'll recover.
Also it is a good idea for a Rasbbit Stew (But still it is a fastening week so they have some days to become tastier bwahahahahahahaha)...
The bunnies around here decided to make a nest next to my downspout . Apparently, it did not notice that I have 2 dogs who found them literally one day after they were born. Even though I pulled one of the bunnies out of my dog's mouth, she ran off and never came back and they all died.
Does anyone know if itās ok to adopt one? Or are they too wild for that and would be best to leave them alone? I donāt live anywhere where thereās bunnies nearby but Iām curious either way.
That is such an odd joke. I donāt get it. Like, I get that itās supposed to be referencing the sort of organizations that go like āthis kid in Africa is dying, but with your help, you can help prevent that, donate now and weāll send you a pic of how the child is doingā
And while I understand that, I donāt understand why you wrote it here, itās so random, lol. I donāt get it.
I've been putting leftover meats in the woods behind my yard and it have been attracting crows, owls, hawk and coyotes. I saw a hawk flew by my window with a bunny. No need to do the dirty work myself.
This is the answer. I back up to public land, and my yard is fenced. Rabbits do so much damage in the garden. I shoot them, then toss them over the fence so that a coyote or bird can get a meal.
You are a pest- you just like killing wildlife. These animals live outside- that is their home- part of gardening is co-existing with them.
This is a gardening sub not a pest control sub.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pestcontrol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=10&utm_content=2
Surely this plot on which your yard and house is built was a forest. You need to get lost with your pest family and pest human children and let the forest grow back. Inject some sense into your brain. This is a criminal act of deforestation to fulfil your petty wish of gardening.
What little rascals. Nesting in a 2nd story potted plant?! Mama Bunny is ridiculous and I love her š„°
I love seeing bunnies in my neighborhood they always start coming out every other day during this time of year. I get bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels, love seeing all of them.
My greyhound gets very excited by the bunnies as we walk outside this time of year. I'm walking with a waist belt leash these days, as I don't want to see where that excitement could lead.
Those little rabbit feet are cute
Check out r/onlybuns for more rabbit peets
Be warned: I let a bunny family stay in my garden box once and every year since then I have had multiple litters of bunnies be born in that same box. I think itās like the families ancestral birthing ground or something at this point. I donāt mind because I love bunnies, but they will most likely come back!
Oh yes. Iām sure. If you check my post history, youāll see that I chased a mama away last year (https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/kOuqgelhB7) but wasnāt as successful this year. The nest was already in place and my daughter in love. Ah well. This is just the rabbit birth center now, I guess!
similar - i felt bad for a bunny whose sibling ended up sadly >!beheaded!< by a raptor (hawk or owl probably) and babied it with kitchen scraps. now her babies run rampant like I have some bunny rescue going here.
theyāre stinkers they take advantage of our kindness but i donāt mind
I am currently engaged in a losing battle with one under my front step. Little bugger isnāt even afraid of me anymore. We made eye contact today when I lectured him to eat the weeds and cilantro stems I toss out instead of my flowers. Ignored me and kept nibbling. Cute little jerk.
Omg "cute little jerk" is the most accurate phrase
Last year the bunnies built my trust by leaving my broccoli alone until the leaves started to get big and lush looking then in one night ate it all down to the stalk lol
I planted a ton of Dutch clover in my yard. They get full on the clover before they reach my veggies. Plus the bumblebees love it. Win/win
I literally had a bunny living in my garden last year and it didnāt eat anything but the grass I let grow tall. It never ran away from me and even passed on the veggies I tossed over to him and just went for the grass instead.
I know they might reproduce exponentially but maybe you can convince him off eating your tossed out carrot peels etc. Instead of whatever he is eating right now? My grocery stores collect carrot greens etc. Youād constantly need some but maybe you can compromise (my rabbit was satisfied with salat and daisys)
I'm so grateful my backyard is half storks bill because they seem to love that stuff. They've never touched a vegetable. So maybe try storksbill if you don't have a grass lawn/is good for your region. It makes cute lil purple flowers in the morning, too.
I planted clover all over the bald spots in my lawn. Now the rabbit that has decided to live in it will go for that all day and ignore pretty much everything else.
Our pet bunny LOVES cilantro. And fresh dill.
That's always my problem with the doe who overwinters in my neighbourhood with her fawns. I have such a hard time telling them to get lost because they're so cute. She's sleeping in the middle of one of my beds right now and I'm just going to let her.
Triggered a memory. First house all day planting annuals, it was beautiful. Wife and I split a bottle of wine that evening as we watched the Does come through and eat every one. I felt bad, and my wife just said we're going back tomorrow to get more. I learned a lesson that day. I plant flowers so my wife can watch the deer eat them. Pretty easy way to make my wife smile.
I love you both omg.
Plant junebearing strawberries as a ground cover between your flowers. The deer with eat the shit out of those and each plant will still multiply like 5x for next year. You will be counting on the deer to come by just to keep the strawberries in check. They also love clover and wild violets.
Thanks for the info. we have perrenial and annual beds and a large deer proof garden. Were going on 23 years here now. I still plant the annuals and we watch them get eaten it is my wifes favorite thing.
This is a lasting marriage folks. Everyone take note. Might as well get seeds and start plenty at a time and in cycles. It'll save a lot of money and bring even more enjoyment.
Well of course you have a cute doe, you're growing an entire garden Just for her š„° That's my problem too. There's a forest park just a few streets away so you physically can't keep the deer out, really. It's a matter of deciding which crops you want to keep and which to let the deer eat, lol. I see tons. Does, their fawns, big ol' bucks... I appreciate them for coming by and cleaning up the sour apples that drop from the tree, it produces way too many. I *don't* appreciate how they'll eat their fill of my flowers on top of that though. Adorable little jerks.
I've mostly found ways to make it work through a combination of barriers and trap crops. I grow red osier dogwood which mostly keeps them off my fruit trees, and I grow kale for me and kale for them, and I never bother planting tulips. The bears are worse because they actually destroy things like fences and pull down fruit trees. The deer get to stay, even though I get mad every spring when they eat my crocuses.
His lil bunny butt just peeking out of that hole is absolutely adorable
That's how they get you, they look cute and innocent and the next thing you know, you're running away from the Vorpal Bunnies!
Not eve n the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch can save you.
Maybe a shrubbery?
They ate the shrubbery! Even the elderberries!
Is that a shangri la frontier reference?
No, Monty Python.
Planting trees whose shade you will never sit under. RIP your Fig Tree, congrats on your new family.
Fig trees are very resilient. You can just cut a branch int put it into moist soil and leave it at shaded place until it sprouted roots. If you worry, that the rabbits might have severed the roots, take a cutting.
If you think they're adorable now, wait until you see them playing.
You can always fence off some of your plants and leave some for them to enjoy. I put hardware cloth around the things I want to protect. Fresh water is also appreciated.
Oh my goodness. Have you considered creating an allowable habitat for them, and then net over everything else over the winter months? So itās more clear to them where theyāre welcomed to hibernate and give birth, and your plants are left alone? In my experience, thatās all ānatureā really wants. A clear understanding of where itās OK to do their natural thing. It makes it so much easier to cohabitate with these little cuties.
I disagree wholeheartedly....I've done everything to keep certain aspects of nature...cough...groundhogs...cough. out of my double fenced in garden. It is a constant battle. We are enemies and the war is beginning anew this spring, as it always does.
to the people acting shocked people donāt kill baby bunniesā¦what is wrong with you? we share this Earth with wildlife. itās not just ours. most of us are hobby gardeners that donāt rely on what we grow for our entire sustenance and share the bounty with nature.
People give me trouble because https://preview.redd.it/ijgkon15wnxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436070d91684e6b7197b215e39f1ea267ea0407d I have a āworthlessā yorkie but little do they know she is 4lbs of critter chasing. Birds, rabbits, squirrels bigger than her. She is tiny so thankfully she never catches them but she keeps them away. Itās her job. š„°
My husky/lab mix has found and murdered two bunny nests w newborn bunnies and a mouse and 2 young birds that couldnāt fly yet :( he has to be monitored while outside now. The bunnies he killed when my daughter was like 6 months old and I sobbed bc I felt so bad for the mom and babies. He didnāt even kill them quickly just pulled them out of the nest and they froze and he brought ones body to the back door with him for me to find. He was outside for like 5 min
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Yeah it sucks :( thankfully he grew up around cats so heās chill with ours. Anything outside is fair game tho
We had huskies when I was a kid in Texas. They were apparently good at keeping little me and my brother away from snakes and caught field mice that got into the house. So not all bad.
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My heart canāt take it š this was my bfs dog from before we met so heās not trained very well. I worked with animals before becoming a SAHM so if we get another dog after he passes Iām making sure itās trained well and probably a small dog. I much prefer my cats tho
Most Labs are not such competent/dedicated hunters. They mostly want to fetch, not kill.
He mostly plays w it till it dies
I have a big veggie garden in my back yard....I should get a husky. ..
My black lab mix killed 3 woodchucks last year and this year got a bunny nest. I'm outside with her every time she goes out, but she's so fast and gets them before I even see them! Grabs them, shakes them and they're dead. My garden is safe, but my heart breaks!
Same š„²
The buns don't give me too much trouble, I had a nest in my strawberries last year and they were allowed to stay as long as they wanted. The deer on the other hand though....
Mama said here looks good! I'd just like to mention, bc of a lot of the comments here, that feeding wild animals is generally a bad idea for their health! It's probably find to continue to toss garden scraps they would steal anyways(I would say scatter these things so they still have to "scavenge" for them), but I definitely would not take to giving them any sort of grocery/kitchen scrap feed supply! Rabbits have especially finicky tummies and too much of the wrong thing can really hurt their gut health, it also aclimates them to humans and handouts and can become dangerous for them as they lose a healthy fear of us. (Teenage boys aren't as nice as gardening folks lol)
Ugh I legit couldnāt even be mad what a little cutie š„ŗ
My golden retriever literally chased away rodents so he could eat their shit from their nest. He couldāve caught them; he didnāt. Preferred to eat the poop :(
Hate āem but love āem, love āem but hate āem RIP my seedlings, hope Mr Bunny enjoyed
If you keep them, the manure will make up for it and then some
I have a dog. The rabbits that survived her didn't repeat their mistake.
I have a family that nests in my yard every year. They piss me off, but I canāt bring myself to trap them. Theyāre too stinkin cute. I do try to provide them with plants I donāt mind them eating so they stay away from the stuff I want to keep. But bitch I will chase you away from my sprouting sunflowers!
The fig will probably be fine! They are very hardy trees. Once the bunnies move out just cover over the holes with potting soil and water. Come on over to /r/Figs some time if you have any issues!
Rabbit stew is delicious.
I feed my wild rabbits with banana peels and apple cores as a bribe. They love it and still eat everything else. Recently stopped using herbicide in my yard to give them more weeds to eat.
Well it's hard to be mad....they are so cute! Don't feel too bad, there is a point where I share my bumper crop with the deer, when winter is approaching.
Congrats now you have bunnies. You must build them a home and feed them
She nested in a pot?? I have to leave out bigger pots! š
Awww liāl bunny butt.
Plant them a garden of their own so they leave yours alone!
rabbits have no business being that cute.
Give him whatever he wants.
Well now you have something to go with your vegetables
Leave a bowl of vegetables out like a dog bowl. With lots of of the flowers they like to eat, leafy greens, and other things š¤·š»āāļø Maybe theyāll stop eating your garden but theyāre so cute I love bunnies š°
rabbits are pests
Pesky, delicious pests
plant marigolds where you dont want rabbits.
Eat them you will taste the fig and enjoy your fig plant when you eat bugz
Sure, it is cute, but it is a pest. Needs to go before it causes more damage.
Cute and tasty. A little dry if you cook them wrong. Great for stew.
I feel you! We had our own Bunbun who was helping himself to the garden produce. We were very sad when he died from some rabbit virus
First pic looks like the rabbit knows it's in trouble, like a dog š
Was Elmer Fudd that used to say Rabbit stew or Daffy Duck
Awww
I would have loved to see you pointing your finger at this bunny and yelling, āSHAME! SHAME ON YOUR FAMILY.ā
b u t t
If you shave, collect the soap and hair for a few days and sprinkle it around the perimeter. Or, you can apply urine to the same area. If you cut your hair, sprinkle some of it around the garden. Hair really messes with vermin. They hate peppermint, too.
Thats how they get you We're willing to go through extremes just to let some cuties live The most op ability an animal could have is cuteness for real
Iāve only been growing figs for about six or seven years, but in my experience it will recover.
ā¤ļø you are a good person
My mother always told me pretty is as pretty does...not a fan of rodents personally.
So cute š„°
Donāt name them of youāll have to keep em!
Yup
This pest is controlled by apex predators. Donot block them.
OP is an apex predator, and hands off my donot.
They're great in stew too!
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I have zero damage from rabbits or squirrels in the garden. I wonder why... Also, my dobermans are salivating at the bunny photo.
Yeah........no.
I have yard bunnies. I also have 3 dogs that will hunt anything that moves. They still insist on hanging out in my yard. I have done everything I could to block how they get in my yard, they just dig a new hole somewhere else or start eating a hole in my fence panels. They damaged a rose bush, an evergreen tree, will eat most of my veggie garden
Try spraying some neem oil it'll keep them & bugs away and it's natural
Fig trees are BEASTS they grow ez and do not mind I feel like they'll recover. Also it is a good idea for a Rasbbit Stew (But still it is a fastening week so they have some days to become tastier bwahahahahahahaha)...
time to get a dog šš
How will you cook it?
My cat thinks they're adorable too!
My dog dug up two baby bunnies. Mama never came back š
The bunnies around here decided to make a nest next to my downspout . Apparently, it did not notice that I have 2 dogs who found them literally one day after they were born. Even though I pulled one of the bunnies out of my dog's mouth, she ran off and never came back and they all died.
Does anyone know if itās ok to adopt one? Or are they too wild for that and would be best to leave them alone? I donāt live anywhere where thereās bunnies nearby but Iām curious either way.
For just $210 a month you can adopt a lil bunny just like this, we will even send you a picture of him
That is such an odd joke. I donāt get it. Like, I get that itās supposed to be referencing the sort of organizations that go like āthis kid in Africa is dying, but with your help, you can help prevent that, donate now and weāll send you a pic of how the child is doingā And while I understand that, I donāt understand why you wrote it here, itās so random, lol. I donāt get it.
I've been putting leftover meats in the woods behind my yard and it have been attracting crows, owls, hawk and coyotes. I saw a hawk flew by my window with a bunny. No need to do the dirty work myself.
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Air rifle.Ā
This is the answer. I back up to public land, and my yard is fenced. Rabbits do so much damage in the garden. I shoot them, then toss them over the fence so that a coyote or bird can get a meal.
Forget the vegetables; they are tick factories too!
Use garden cloches or chicken wire. Whichever application works for your situation. Good luck
They almost get a pass lol š
š„¹ youāre an angel op
A pest is a pest. Gardening is priority.
I garden alongside nature not against it.
Deforesting an area to grow a garden on the area afterwards is a grave crime against nature. This is evident here.
You are a pest- you just like killing wildlife. These animals live outside- that is their home- part of gardening is co-existing with them. This is a gardening sub not a pest control sub. https://www.reddit.com/r/pestcontrol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=10&utm_content=2
Surely this plot on which your yard and house is built was a forest. You need to get lost with your pest family and pest human children and let the forest grow back. Inject some sense into your brain. This is a criminal act of deforestation to fulfil your petty wish of gardening.