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Fence to keep rabbits out.
In many cases fencing is the only way to keep animal pests out of the garden.
The horizontal wire spacing get progressively closer near the ground when ethe protection is need the most in a 4 to 2 to 1 design.
The results of building a fence to keep rabbits out of your garden are worth every minute of extra effort.
A rabbit fence for gardens can also help with keeping rabbits out of the garden.
Yardguard 28 inch by 50 ft 16 gauge rabbit fence this green wire is specifically designed to keep rabbits out of the garden with small mesh squares at the bottom and larger ones at the top.
The openings in the wire mesh are smaller at the bottom to protect from rabbits and other small critters while larger holes at the top keep larger nuisance animals out of your garden.
It needn t even be that tall.
The fence does not need to be high just 2 to 3 feet tall but you should bury the fence up to 6 inches under the ground as rabbits are very good diggers.
Rabbit guard fence uses 16 gauge wire and measures 3ft high by 50ft wide.
Three that are specially made to keep rabbits out of your garden are.
Since native rabbits can t dig and they also can t jump they can t do much actually as mcgrath says they can be easily contained with fencing.
Put up a one foot high fence around your garden area and they re helpless put up plant cages.
The 4 space upper horizontal wiring allows hands to pass through.
The yardgard garden rabbit fence is especially designed to keep out rabbits other varmints that could be harmful to your garden.
An effective rabbit fence is made of a material that is resistant to chewing positioned into the ground deeply enough so rabbits cannot dig under is tall enough to deter rabbits from jumping over and has no holes large enough for the rabbits to squeeze through.
You do not need a high fence to keep most rabbits out and a shorter fence especially if it is short enough to step over will make it much easier for you to access your garden.
Rabbits are energetic ingenious and endlessly hungry a wonderful reminder of robert frost s observation that good fences make good neighbors.
Many also have to fend off another much larger type of pest.
Chicken wire with 1 2 to 1 inch mesh is a good choice for guarding against rabbits the fence must be at least 2 feet high to keep rabbits from jumping over it.