A gentle way to keep the rabbits from eating in your garden.

[NCarolinawoman]

Rabbits like almost anything green in the spring, summer and fall--including poison Ivy!

I love my wild cottontails, but I also enjoy what I grow. Sooo, several years ago I was reading North Carolina wildlife magazine and they listed a rabbit's three all time favorite foods, in this order

#1 Crabgrass
#2 Alfalfa
#3 White clover

I had a very big yard at the time, so this is what I planted in a certain
section of it. The crabgrass and clover in the summer. The alfalfa is planted in the fall and will be there into the spring. Also in the fall, I threw in some rye grass as another cover crop and let it grow un mowed. Rye grass fades out in the hot weather. You turn the alfalfa under (what's left of it) and it enriches the soil.

This area became THEE favorite place for the bunnies to hang out.