Just because snow is covering the ground doesn’t mean your plants and trees are safe from deer or rabbits. Although these creatures often do the worst damage to plants during the growing season, in ...
The worst threat to young trees and shrubs in winter isn’t cold or snow. “It’s bunnies and Bambi,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
A reader in southeastern New Hampshire recently sent me a picture of the base of his crabapple tree wondering what might have happened to it. From the snow-covered ground to the first branch, the ...
Planting "rabbit-proof" or "rabbit-resistant" plants is a great way to keep these critters from chewing up your garden. There are many fragrant herbs you can add to your garden to keep rabbits away.
How can something so adorable be so destructive? If you have a garden—and you have rabbits that visit—you know they’ll mow down just about anything including annuals, perennials, and vegetables.
While pruning apple trees this February, the author discovered that the rabbits have been conducting their own pruning to the trees.