Wow! Thanks for the link! Your account of travails with the squirrels never fails to crack me up! One of my poor neighbors had the misfortune to drop by to chat when we still had tomato plants in the garden, and I ventilated very loudly about hornworms and squash vine borers. He had never seen me lose my temper but there was much reddening of face and projection of speech, as well as waving of arms and yelling up to heaven about why these poor, innocent plants had been so cursed. Now he speeds past the house, probably afraid that the unbalanced lady resident might send an RPZ (rocket-propelled zucchini) at him. (No sweat--the borers killed all the zucchini plants, but not until I cooked, dehydrated and shared a goodly amount.)
Thank you for the report! My friend, Earthwoman, had a watering trough into which she put seed potatoes and she grew bunches of them. Is a washtub maybe an option?