There are several methods for protecting your flowers and vegetable plants from rabbits.

The first method is habitat modification by clearing brushy cover, removing brush piles, weed patches, stone piles and other debris will make an area less attractive to rabbits.

The second method is exclusion. The only permanent way to prevent rabbit damage to crops is by exclusion. Exclusion is most often accomplished by the construction of fences and gates around the area to be protected. Woven wire or poultry netting should exclude all rabbits from the area to be protected. Use wire mesh smaller than one and one half inches, 30 to 36 inches high (higher in deep snow areas), with the bottom six inches buried below ground level. Bending the bottom six inches out from the garden and tacking it to the ground will usually be as effective as burying the fence.

Motion activated scare devices or sprinklers work well to keep rabbits out of an area.

Various organic repellents are commercially offered as a means of reducing or preventing rabbit dam age to trees, vines, and garden crops. Currently available commercial repellents include soaps, hot sauce, dried blood, and putrefied eggs. Repellents are limited by the necessity to reapply them after significant amounts of wet weather and the inability to apply them to plant parts meant for human consumption.

Hopefully, this list will give you some ideas. Thank you for your question and have a great gardening summer.