Our friends DJ and Sueellen escaped from Los Angeles a few years back and now happily live in rural Utah on 20 acres. However when they planted anything, it was immediately and totally munched by rabbits.
After trying multiple other methods, DJ decided to bring in the big guns, no metaphor intended, as detailed on our gardening blog.
Just watch out for Were-Rabbits!
Guess they have that problem too in the UK! (Check the picture of one of the rabbits they caught)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0411_060411_rabbit.html