GB, well I"m going to try for the fourth time to post to this thread. My internet service keeps blinking out this morning and it is driving me crazy! Anyway, these are really lovely photographs. You continue to improve your photography skills and we are so lucky that you share your beautiful images with us. Deanne

I got plastic 3 ft. x 15 ft. fencing from Home Depot. Comes in a roll. I cut it to 1 1/2 ft. high stips and anchored it with metal Home Depot things that look like croquet hoops. All it took was 1 1/2 ft. high barrier and rabbits have not bothered my blueberries. I also had luck with wrapping the plastic bird netting around the base of the bushes to keep the rabbits away. I hear aluminum foil also works well.

CathyChex - welcome newbie gardener! Clematis is divided into three distinct pruning groups--Type 1, Type 2 & Type 3--and each group has distinct (read different) growing habits & pruning requirements. Sweet Autumn Clematis/Clematis ternifloria is vastly more prolific than other types in the clematis family and may be invasive in ideal growing conditions. I've always hesitated to grow it where I am for that reason--why invite trouble? I've always observed that planting is a one-shot task while yanking the results of that planting over the next decade or more is way more labor-intensive. Since I don't have a chain link fence, I've never been tempted to plant SAC. As rouge21 posted above, C. ternifolia is a Type 3 clematis.

Is there a pond nearby? A friend of mine has to put fencing wire around all her trees to keep beavers from eating them.