Living in a rural area has many positives: beautiful views, a quiet environment, and feeling connected to nature. But the bucolic life comes with its own challenges, not least the havoc the wildlife can cause to your property.
Whether it’s damaging trees or nibbling at flower buds, these seemingly harmless furry friends can quickly take advantage of your warm welcome. You can do several things to deter specific types of animals from your property without causing them any harm.
Keeping deer at bay
As majestic as deer are, they can cause substantial damage if your property is unprepared for their visits. Deer are known for trampling on shrubbery, snacking on foliage and stripping bark from younger trees, which can, unfortunately, cause them to be more susceptible to infection.
Installing fluted estate tree guards is a great way to protect your trees. They help safeguard the tree trunks and lower branches from deer, cows, sheep and horses while maintaining a stylish appearance.
Deer fencing is another secure and aesthetically pleasing way to avoid the risk of deer accessing your property and causing damage to flowerbeds and other shrubbery. It offers the perfect compromise between height and defence and is designed to form an obstruction, encouraging deer to take a more straightforward route.
Discouraging rabbits
Unfortunately, as adorable as rabbits might be, they’re often the root cause of garden mayhem! They love to gnaw on any garden vegetation, mainly homegrown vegetables, usually leaving your property in a state.
A great way to deter rabbits is by using smells they dislike. Their heightened sense of smell means they can pick up scents very easily and, therefore, won’t approach an area with an unusual odour. Sprinkling talcum powder or powdered red pepper around or on your plants works well as it causes them no harm but is enough to keep them at bay.
A rabbit’s nose is much more sensitive than ours, so it is unlikely that people will notice these smells in the same way.
If you live in an area where it’s common to see lots of wild rabbits, then growing relatively resistant plants might be in your best interest. Resistant plants restrict the growth and development of a pest, essentially meaning they produce something that the animal doesn’t like, such as smell or taste. A great way to find out what will work in your area is by keeping an eye on neighbouring gardens to see which plants flourish. While there is no guarantee that these plants will be free from damage, they are less favoured by rabbits than other plants. Our steel fencing also has rabbit netting attached to the bottom of it that is then dug into the ground to prevent rabbits or other harmful wildlife from gaining access to your garden.
Protecting your property from wildlife
While wildlife is essential in creating a healthy garden, some species need to be considered as potential risks. Controlling wild animals is certainly not easy, so implementing well-designed fencing and protective structures are some of the best ways of guiding wildlife away from your property without inflicting any harm.
It is always important to consider your environment when tackling any gardening task, whether planting new shrubbery or looking after existing trees. Learning about the wildlife in your area can be the key to implementing the correct methods to protect your property.
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