How we saved our trees from pest hares: a successful experience and an inexpensive solution from novice gardeners

The fact that the bunny is far from a cute cartoon animal is recognized by every owner of the summer cottage closer to spring, looking at how this “grass predator” gnawed at the trees.

Here is our apricot. In the first year of her life, we did not know that she would turn out to be a hare winter lunch and did not even imagine that the tree bark would be attractive for the eared ones. After contact with the teeth of the oblique tree, it hurt for a long time. Now three years have come, but from time to time the apricoska lets out "juice" from the wound. Of course, this does not have a positive effect on our crops.

We planted peaches that year. On the recommendation of the plant nursery, we wrapped them in burlap. But then they were small and short-cropped cuttings. Over the summer, they gave rise to branches. This design will no longer fit into a bag. And it may well become easy prey for hares.

We considered wrapping the barrel with something, but we were afraid that it would rot. And experienced gardeners have confirmed that the wrapped trunk is an excellent breeding ground for insects and fungi. We took an old bucket without a bottom and put it on top of the tree.

We will slightly dig in the iron itself, thanks to which there will be additional protection of the trunk from frost.

However, an adult hare will reach the target above the bucket. Therefore, we use cunning and old building materials.

Here is a piece of dense stainless steel mesh. We will reinforce it inside the bucket, which is dug along the outer diameter and raise the protection to a height of 1.2 meters. She does not fit tree branches, and the hare will only have to look at the delicious trunk. He can't get it.

Of course, if the scythe is very hungry, he will try to destroy the structure. However, the hare is a cunning animal. Why should he try and work if such trees grow in neighboring areas without any protection. He will eat them, leaving our peaches unattended.

We spent half an hour and 240 rubles to create a protective complex against a hare, dividing the two-meter mesh into three parts to wrap three trees.