Don't bother about rabbits they are not a problem.
Those eyes some call spears have a purpose; to push through forest floor debri, they will do fine.

Don't worry be happy.

being in zone 4, frost is a real possibilty. leave the mulch in place, and let them do their thing.

thank you both..I guess I will let mother nature take care of them.

I'd like to hear more about this interesting theory that rabbits are not a problem.

I have a fairly large area planted in the middle of 20 acres surrounded by farms larger than my property with a lot of rabbits. I've observed them biting off a couple of leaves of a new planting that I reasoned they were checking out something new in their habitat without eating the leaves.

We also have more deer than you can count and I've never had any deer problem. There is an argument that mine are rural deer as opposed to suburban deer. Rabbits and deer have plenty of their normal browsing material so they don't bother our hosta. Many in cities or more densely populated areas that have terrible deer problems.

Well, rabbits ARE a problem in my yard! They will eat hosta to the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Well, rabbits ARE a problem in my yard!"
iowa flower nut

General statements however statistically valid does not matter individually however true or fallacious they may be.

The deer thing came from something I read about from biologist that study deer behavior.

Shoot your rabbits! Ignore what I think is generally accurate.

I must say that I agree with ester opal. I throw all my thorny rose stems over my hosta -hopefully that will deter the munching rabbits. I have also scattered Kitty litter around and planted kale nearby.