It's really simple!! Go buy a 4 feet picket fence sections. Staple gun 1/2 to 1 inch 36 inch high galvanized fencing all around it. Rabbits can't get through there. You can also toss a 100 black eyed Susan seeds in some soil, water and the rabbits will eat them instead. You can plant a few full size black eyed Susan plants and they spread. No need to buy anymore. The rabbits eat the leaves and they grow in thicker. You can also make a surround of rose bushes and anything thorny so they can't try climbing over. Use you noggins, observe whatvrrally needs to be done and do it. Stop killing and trapping wildlife. They have young they'll leave behind to starve if you trap. Plus you need a permit. It's against the law to trap no remove any nursing wildlife. If you really want to block the rabbits you'd build the right enclosure to begin with. In the end spending the money for the fencing and flowers will save you time and money. It'll last for years. Then everyone's happy! Don't build a garden without protection and cry about the wildlife. They were here first. They can't read or know it's " your garden".

No, not all chicken owners have lost their entire flock to predators.... We have 2 means of keeping our chickens safe. The first is livestock guardian dogs that keep all our animals safe including chickens and ducks. Of course this means the dogs have to have access to the birds, meaning wing clipping would be appropriate for free rangers. Our chicken coop is predator proof, 'cept maybe a bear if one had the notion. It has a cement floor, 2 windows with both 1x2 welded wire & hardcloth 1/2x1/2 wire. The entrance exterior door (for inclement weather) is solid wood, the interior entrance door (for nice weather) is wood frame, with cross-braces and hardwire 1/2x1/2 wire. This wire has been inplace for at least 15 years probably much more. There is evidence something has tried to get in, but has not succeeded as it is stapled well, and the cross braces on each corner & across the center keep it from being pushed in. Works extremely well. Your A-frame sounds wonderful, given a proper floor, but I think I would opt for a design that would utilize the sidewalls better as the bottom corners would be unuseable on an A-Frame unless it was on a high base. Just a thought. Brendasue

l. Critters don't seem to know what to do with black tomatoes, particularly Black Pearl, Black Krim and Black Prince. They leave them alone. Since Black tomatoes were bred in Russia for northern climates, they use sugar as an antifreeze and are sweeter, so we like them better anyway. 2. We vacation on the Outer Banks every year. We bring back several garbage bags of seaweed, which washes up on the shore back on Albemarle and Pamlico Sound. We run it through the chipper shredder and get a nicely diced mulch. We spread it around the margins of our garden. Our critters seem confused by the saltwater smell and texture and won't cross it. Snails also pull back and won't cross it. Next Winter it decomposes and enriches the soil. 3. We plant a ring of Ghost peppers around our red tomatoes. They're bright red just like our tomatoes. Every July as soon as the Ghost Peppers ripen, that year's crop of new young critters happily try some. We've found half eaten Ghost Peppers scattered around our yard and driveway. We've found squirrels, chipmunks and raccoons literally laying in our birdbaths with their mouths open to the water. A week or so later the red tomartoes come into season and none of the critters seem interested. We don't use the Ghost Peppers for anything else, as they're way too hot for us. But a dozen or so plants produce prolifically, so we pick buckets full and run them through the chipper shredder to produce a mulch and spread it around the margins of the garden. The critters really don't like it either. It keeps rabbits out of our lettuce.

I know nothing about birds i have had a small wooden bird house on my porch for 20 years i have had small sparrows or wrens living there and mating there for years This year i bought a hanging house like feeder which is hung about 4 feet away i never knew that people hate house sparrows i enjoy watching thrm sitting on top of the bird house once or twice i saw them at the feeder not much action I filled the feeder with classic wild bird food i hope i see more birds in the Spring any advice for me about seeds or sparrows i have never had a problem i just wanted to feed thrm thanks for your advice