I know it's an old moan, and nothing much can be done about it, but I'm getting really fed up with the rabbit damage about the place. Trachycarpus fortunei 1, 120613 by John Jearrard, on Flickr
I was walking past this Trachycaprus a couple of days ago when I noticed that the trunk had been attacked and the fibre had been removed at the base. I stopped what I was doing to build a little fence around it which is rather ugly, but the only solution I have found that works.
Its sort of your fault John, you have taught your bunnies that they like palms :) they can hardly have known this until you planted some palms for them to try.
I kept several pairs of toes crossed while typing that in case the gods of fate should decide to exact revenge by inflicting some enthusiastic wildlife on me. The grass snakes we get here do no real harm (unless you are one of the gold fish in the pond)
Thanks for the comments - I am grateful that the little b*****s (bunnies) aren't attacking everyone.
I accept that the fault is mine, Charlie ;) , and I can't really be upset at losing an occasional palm to rabbits - I have killed hundreds over the years without their help, but its sad to lose one of the rare survivors!
Beaver's you think? Dam! The list of things that get rabbit damage seems to increase every year. So far the Hedychium haven't been touched and thet haven't started to eat galvanised wire netting yet. Apart from that, I'm not sure anything is safe. A couple of years ago they completely ringbarked a 12foot Liriodendron with a 4inch diameter trunk.
Hard luck with the Muntjac, Darren. Two years ago the garden was filled with deer slots, but I didn't see them. For a time things were grazed from the top down by them, but they seem to have moved on. Perhaps the rabbits ate them.
Too urban here to be troubled by rabbits but squirrels have once again chewed a few emerging bamboo shoots :evil: They don't eat the lot, just a small section of each culm and leave the rest to annoy me.
