How to Grow Vegetables and Herbs for Your Rabbit

While we're all familiar with bunnies loving to nibble on carrots, they also enjoy a wide variety of other vegetables and herbs. These snacks not only taste good, but also add valuable nutrients to their daily diet. Here's how to start a garden of your own.

Things You'll Need

  • Flowerpots
  • Potting Soil
  • Trays For Pots
  • Vegetable Seeds
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Instructions

    • 1

      Buy good potting soil, long flowerpots and drainer trays at a local nursery.

    • 2

      Buy seeds for your rabbit's favorite vegetables and herbs. Try romaine lettuce, radishes, escarole or endive, carrots, basil, mint, oregano and broccoli for starters.

    • 3

      Set the pots on a table out of your rabbit's reach.

    • 4

      Fill the pots with soil and press it down firmly.

    • 5

      Plant the seeds according to the package directions, but don't worry too much about spacing. Plants grown in pots can be placed closer together than called for on the package; they'll just be a bit smaller than plants grown outdoors in the ground.

    • 6

      Water the seeds well and regularly.

    • 7

      Continue to water the plants to reap as many vegetables as possible.

    • 8

      Pick fresh vegetables and some herb leaves daily; remember to rinse them well before feeding them to your rabbit. Feed only three or four oregano and basil leaves, as they're more likely than other herbs to cause diarrhea.