Bunnies as garden helpers
How bunnies benefit a garden
Superior Fertilizer
Bunnies produce a steady supply of droppings high in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, they're great for plant growth. It’s a "cold" manure, meaning it doesn’t need composting before applying.
Weed and Scraps Recycler
They eat garden trimmings and weed such as carrot tops, dandelions, mint, beet greens Instead of tossing trimmings, feed them to your rabbits, turning scraps into fertilizer via their poop.
Attract Beneficial Insects
Fertile, well-fed soil improve soil texture and encourages microbial life, more worms, pollinators, and predators of pests. Bunnies' bedding (hay, straw, wood shavings) can also be used to create insect habitats.
Implements
Sprinkle droppings directly onto garden beds, mix into compost or steep in water to make rabbit manure tea for watering plants or toss all of this into your compost bin to create rich, organic matter quickly.
Cautions
If rabbits roam freely, they may eat your seedlings and veggies, dig holes in soft soil and chew bark on young trees or shrubs.
Solution
Create a large area to house rabbits and control where they go.
Socializing with bunnies
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