Every year I've lived here, I've Planted all sorts of sunflowers along the fence line just behind my potager.  The first year was the greatest success, and I was able to enjoy some sunnies I had rescued in the nick of time: dwarf, teddy bear, chianti.  But even then, it seemed that if the birds and squirrels didn't eat the seeds, the rabbits would graze the seedlings.  Last year, I bypassed direct sowing altogether (which is my preferred method for most things), and planted some little starters I had coaxed along.  Not one made it, even with my efforts at protecting the area with a net and then each seedling with rings of stakes.  Ironically, the potager is literally one step away yet its bounty remained untouched.  So, this year I decided I would just let nature sort it out again.  I emptied four packets of sunflower seeds and my saved seeds from my lone successful year into an empty jar, along with moonflowers and nasturtiums, mixed them with a shake, and planted them along the fence row.  I had read that rabbits detest garlic, so I planted a row of garlic, and for good measure, a row of onions in front of my seed line.  Then, for experimental purposes, I crumbled handful after handful of dried red peppers around.  I thought the combined smells would deter les lapins, without the nonsense of me driving to the store and purchasing a bag of dried blood.  So far, I am seeing the moonflowers' leaves unfurl, a profusion of nasturtium, and nothing else.  Bummer.