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Grub
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Newbury, Massachusetts
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For some reason our resident deer herd has disappeared; none of my neighbors have seen the deer since last fall. All the winter shrub damage seems to have been rabbit-generated (albeit at deer height given the size of the snowdrifts!). |
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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The rabbits, well, that's another story. I need to get a fox family started in my brush pile, but I fear the coyote numbers that pass through the rear of my property keep them at bay.
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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![]() Like I stated in a recent post, I'm growing rabbit fencing here...
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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![]() You are lucky to have so many natives rearing to go! I have too few, but still see some tree seedlings and a few other natives coming up. There is an interesting grass-like plant--sedge maybe, not sure that has me kind of intrigued...I'll have to get an ID and hope it is a native that I can pamper and spread. Meanwhile, I'm adding natives and trying to spread those already on the property. I have several elderberry bushes, with more coming up from seed--as well as a few shoots I was able to successfully transplant last spring. I can't wait until my blackgum trees get mature enough to start to produce flowers and berries. ![]() It is so great to share our experiences here. ...You've got me wanting to increase the size of my brush pile...and add a couple more. I love how quickly wildlife makes use of them. ![]()
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Yes, I'm sure it is!
![]() I checked out other species on that same site...several other spotty patches--I wonder how accurate they are...or what causes the isolated patches. Quote:
I did lose one of my newest blackgum seedlings to a rabbit--I'm hoping it comes up from the root--not much stem left. I guess it was still tender as the bigger, older ones were not bothered--just *lightly* browsed by deer. I guess I thought it would be okay...but it was planted where there is a lot of cover...my mistake. I ended up putting a small fence around the other two young ones. I'm looking forward to taking the fences down when everything is old (and tough) enough to not appeal to the bunnies!
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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They completely left the Cornus alternifolia alone, along with the red mulberry. They even ate to the ground a wild black cherry seedling, which is reputed to be so poisonous to these critters that they avoid it assiduously. I planted two beach plums yesterday and fenced them in immediately, not even knowing for sure if they would be a target. I've had it with feeding my new plantings to herbivores - too much wasted money, time, and labor!!!
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I don't think of wild black cherry as being rabbit food either--however, I did see one this spring that had some signs of gnawing. I'd have thought the same about the chokecherry--that was why I was surprised they were hit by your rabbits. I did lose a Cornus florida that I planted in my planned woodland...I just checked the other day, and no shoots are coming up from the little bark left on the trunk. It is the only one I lost of the 12 or so I've added since moving here. Over winter, I've been known to cut some branches from the apple or sumac and leave it on the snow for the rabbits to feed on...but, I, too, want to protect the ones I've planted.
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