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29/05/2026

29/05/2026

Benefits of Oregano for Rabbits
• Supports digestive health.
• Contains natural antibacterial and antifungal
compounds.
• Rich in antioxidants.
• Can help stimulate appetite.
• Provides enrichment through natural foraging.

🐾How to Feed🐾

✅ Fresh oregano is best.

✅ Offer a small handful 2–3 times per week as part of a mixed herb selection.

✅ Introduce gradually if your rabbit has never eaten it before.

‼️Safe Amount

For an adult rabbit:
• 2–5 fresh sprigs per feeding is usually
sufficient.

• Mix with other herbs such as:
• Basil
• Mint
• Parsley
• Coriander
• Dill
• Rosemary (small amounts)

🌿Growing at Rabbit Africa🌿

Oregano is an excellent permaculture herb because it:
• Is drought tolerant.
• Attracts pollinators.
• Forms a useful ground cover.
• Can be harvested repeatedly throughout the
year in much of South Africa.

oregano would fit well alongside clover, plantain, dandelion, parsley, basil, and mint in a rabbit forage garden.🐰🐰🐰

29/05/2026

Blueberries are one of the highest-value crops you can grow at home — a well-established bush produces 5–10 pounds of fruit per year for 20+ years. They are also the home fruit crop with the single most important growing requirement most beginners miss: soil pH.

Here is the complete process, starting with the one thing that determines whether everything else works:

🫐 Step 1 — Plant two varieties. Most blueberry varieties are self-fertile but produce significantly more fruit when cross-pollinated. Plant at least two different varieties — they do not need to be the same size or ripen at the same time. Choose varieties suited to your specific USDA hardiness zone.

🫐 Step 2 — Soil pH is everything. Blueberries require acidic soil between pH 4.5 and 5.5. Most garden soil sits between 6.0 and 7.0 — too alkaline for blueberries to absorb nutrients. Without the correct pH, the plant will sit yellow and unproductive regardless of how well everything else is done. Acidify soil by incorporating elemental sulfur, peat moss, or pine bark several months before planting. Test annually.

🫐 Step 3 — Plant shallow and wide. Blueberry roots are extremely shallow and fibrous. Dig a wide shallow hole — 18 inches deep, 24 inches wide — and never plant deeper than the original container level.

🫐 Step 4 — Mulch deeply with pine material. A 4-inch layer of pine bark, pine needle mulch, or acidic wood chip mulch around the base maintains soil moisture, suppresses weeds, and continues acidifying the soil as it breaks down. This is the single most effective ongoing maintenance action for blueberries.

🫐 Step 5 — First significant harvest in year 3. Pinch off flowers in years 1 and 2 to redirect energy to root development. It feels wrong but produces substantially better yields from year 3 onward.

🫐 Step 6 — Harvest when fully blue and slightly soft. Blueberries that are red, pink, or firm are not yet ripe and will taste sour. Wait the extra days — ripe berries release from the cluster with almost no resistance.

28/05/2026

The rabbit in your yard may visit the same clover patch every evening at almost the exact same time.

Wild rabbits run their lives on routines. 🐇

The same path under the fence.

The same resting spot beneath the shrub.

The same feeding route through the grass after sunset.

Most people think wildlife moves randomly.

It usually doesn’t.

🌿 Cottontail rabbits memorize safe corridors through a yard using cover, scent, shadows, and escape distance.

That narrow trail through the grass?

It may have been used hundreds of times.

And the rabbit feeding quietly near dusk is constantly calculating:

How far to the nearest cover.

Which direction the hawk usually comes from.

Whether the human near the porch is predictable.

🐾 A few things most people never notice:

• Rabbits often freeze instead of running because movement attracts predators

• Mothers visit nests only briefly a few times per day to avoid leading predators to the babies

• The babies you find alone in grass are usually not abandoned

• Brush piles, tall grass edges, and low shrubs become critical shelter corridors

The rabbit in the yard is not just wandering.

She’s following a map she built from survival. 🌙

28/05/2026

Is Lavender Safe for Rabbits?

Lavender is generally considered safe in small amounts as an occasional herb, but:
• Do not feed large quantities
• Best used more as a surrounding plant than a primary feed source
• Fresh stems can be offered occasionally as enrichment🌿🌿🌿

28/05/2026

Did you know?

27/05/2026

Best Way to Use Rabbit Manure Around Fruit Trees
• Spread around the drip line, not directly against the trunk.
• Cover with mulch like straw, leaves, or oat hay.
• Water well after application.
• Apply every 2–3 months during growing season.

Approximate Application Rates
• Young tree: 1–2 handfuls monthly
• Medium tree: 2–5 kg every few months
• Large established tree: 5–10 kg seasonally

Extra Permaculture Tip from Rabbit Africa

Rabbit manure works beautifully together with:
• wood chips
• oat hay mulch
• compost tea
• earthworm composting systems

It is especially powerful in food forests and mixed permaculture orchards. 🍋

27/05/2026

🐇 Daily Feeding Routine

🌅 Morning (06:00–08:00)
• Fresh clean water
• Small handful of quality pellets
• Unlimited oat hay
• Fresh herbs/weeds:
• Clover
• Dandelion
• Plantain
• Mint
• Parsley

☀️ Midday (Optional Snack)
• Small forage treat
• Branches for chewing:
• Willow
• Mulberry
• Apple branches
• Check water bottles/bowls

🌙 Evening (16:00–18:00) — Main Feed
• Main pellet feeding
• Unlimited oat hay refill
• Fresh greens
• Health check while feeding:
• Eating normally
• Bright eyes
• Dry nose
• Normal droppings

27/05/2026

Some helpful tips on keeping your bunnies cool and comfortable in hot summer temperatures ☀️
It's always best to have them inside but if you can't, please use these tips to help keep your bunnies happy, healthy and safe! 🐰❤️

27/05/2026

Did you know?

26/05/2026

A healthy adult rabbit produces a surprisingly large amount of droppings every day.

On average:
• 200–300 droppings (f***l pellets) per day
• Roughly every few minutes

• Amount depends on:
• Size/breed (for example, Flemish Giant produce far more than dwarf breeds)
• Diet
• Hay intake
• Water intake
• Stress and health

🐰A real manure making factory🐰