Friday 21 April 2023

Orchid protection - deer and rabbit cage under construction

I am testing out a new, hopefully more efficient way of protecting orchids from deer and rabbit predation. Essentially it is a 10m x 5m cage with deer proof and rabbit proof fencing. The photo shows the cage in construction with the deer fencing. I will add in a couple more stakes and attach the rabbit proof fencing as soon as some help arrives - hopefully next week. The idea is to enclose an orchid 'hot spot' and thereby protect 50 to 100 orchids at one go as well as protecting any flowers such as cowslips that rabbits love to eat. If it works I'll build five more such cages next year.

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