There is far too much wildlife that is as interested in eating my garden as we are.
Fortunately, my garden is out in an open area that gets full sun all day, and we have lots of hawks and owls around. We don’t have much of a squirrel or chipmunk problem although I did see a raccoon family on my porch one night.
I need to keep my 22 more accessible.
Decades ago I had a racoon problem.
It / they loved the contents of garbage cans.
Serious mess - garbage all over the yard.
But a neighbor took care of it. (Not Ralph - somebody else, different location.)
I’ve had a coon trying to break into the house for the last two nights. We have a small camper as a foyer/mudroom. Heard some noise night before last, headed out and saw a butt hanging down from the slightly open RV roof vent. He had pushed the screen out, was almost in and saw me and turned around. Half asleep, I though it was the cat and almost reached up to give it a push on the butt. Then I noticed the butt was a little wide and more brown than black. Glad I didn’t touch it. Probably would have reeled around and tore my hand up. Then last night at midnight, it was trying to rip the now closed lid off of the vent. Chased it off the roof but it came back an hour later and tried again. He climbs/slides off the rounded end of the camper and scurries away under the truck. I’m ready for him tomorrow night. Going to move the truck over to give me more open space or park it somewhere else.