Garden Machinery
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- Greenhouse Heaters
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- Gas Barbecues
- Charcoal Barbecues
- Masonry Barbecues
- Furniture Sets
- Benches
- Greenhouses
- Water and Light
- Garden Sheds
- Gazebos
- Firepits
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- Rock and Stone
- Weather Vanes
- Rabbit Hutches
- Urns & Planters
- Sundials
- Birdbaths
- Garden Swings
- Climbing Frames
- Croquet Sets
- Wildlife Cameras
- Bird Feed
Develop your garden.
Livestock Gardens
Keeping any form of livestock requires careful consideration. You must ensure that your garden or plot of land will adequately meet the needs of the animals you are planning to keep.
There are many choices, some of the more usual are chickens, hens, goats, and rabbits. The following brief guides are design to help get an understanding of the basic upkeep and care requirements for your livestock gardening plans.
You should also seek professional advice from suppliers in your local area, they will be able to help you with any specific questions that you may have.
Keeping Rabbits - Feeding
Basic Diet
A balanced diet for your rabbit is essential to avoid obesity and digestive problems.
Fiber is vital to the normal function of the digestive system in rabbits. A mixture of a pelleted diet, supplemented with fresh vegetables and hay, should provide for their requirements. Ideally fresh grass, hay and vegetables such as (carrots, carrot tops, parsley, broccoli, dandelion leaves) should make up the bulk of rabbit diets. Roughage in the diet also aids in the prevention of hair balls.
Anything other than hay, vegetables, and pellets is considered a treat and should be feed in strict moderation. The digestive system of a rabbit is very susceptible to serious upsets if the diet is inappropriate.
Vegetables should be introduced to rabbits at around 12 weeks of age, in small quantities and one at a time. As more vegetable are added watch for diarrhoea and discontinue the most recently added vegetable if this occurs. Over time, the amount of vegetables fed is increased, and the amount of pellets decreased, so that by 1 year of age the adult feeding recommendations are followed.
