Carnage in the courgettes

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Despite my best efforts - paillage, dome of protection over and around my courgettes, this morning I found a zone of devastation.
The commando rabbits have infiltrated the barriers and uprooted two of my 5 remaining plants - 2 went after a previous assault.
I am at the point of surrender.

[Blaze]

The best bet is fencing then put something like red pepper or spray Jeyes fluid round the outside - most creatures hate the smell ! You have to keep spraying the Jeyes, but it does work. It even keeps deer from nibbling plants/trees.

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I’ve got a big tin of Jeyes………

[Blaze]

I’ve got a big tin of Jeyes………

Me too ! I've been using it to spray plants infested with blackfly and ants, always a problem at this time of year. Sadly it will affect other insects, but they've even attacked the pyrocanthas which I've never seen before.

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The perpetrator has been identified. It’s a big hare!
It left the jeyes treated courgette bed alone but turned it’s attention to the tomato bed.

What is it digging for?

[Blaze]

Hares like things like young bud, roots, leaves and your potager is probably a feast for him !

[Quiksilver]

Our farmer neighbour informs me that there at least 10 big hares in the surrounding fields this year. I caught my cat, Rosie, having a stand-off with one of them yesterday. I think she's got it worried

[tagh]

Hares are such rare, fragile and beautiful creatures, could you not plant some extra crops for them?

[Blaze]

@tagh +1