Lately we have been having a rash of jackrabbits (5 -7 at a time) and deer going through our gardens. In fact at least one rabbit is so brave as to try and build a burrow in my main demonstration garden. When you get close he just looks at you and only moves a couple of feet away. Since we don’t have a dig to chase them off, I have started letting my kids run after them. Now it actually pretty funny to watch two 6 year olds running after jackrabbits throughout the yard. Now since I can’t always depend on my kids to be around when the rabbits come into the yard, we are going to try some other measures to keep them out.
A friend of mine who runs a good sized farm with lots of vegetables told us that they use fish emulsion 4 – 5 times to deter both the deer and the rabbits. Evidently other animals don’t like the fish smell (make sure you don’t use de-odorized fish emulsion). So today we stopped and bought 2 different types of fish emulsion. Over the next couple of weeks, we will let you know if it works. In addition to the animal deterent aspect of fish emulsion – it is a great fertilizer for your plants, and a great activator for your compost pile.