You should see the contraption that I finally devised to keep all of the critters out of my "Vegetable Patch" . . . I have 8, 4' x 16' beds . . . each bed has 8 pieces of rebar in it, 1 piece in each corner and the other 4 pieces evenly placed down the bed . . . then I have 4 pieces of 12' PVC pipe that is pushed down over the rebar, so I have 4 hoops evenly placed down each bed . . . then I have bird netting over the hoops in each bed to keep out . . .deer, raccoons, possums, armadillos, birds, rabbits, dogs, cats, bugs galore . . . you name it and it has traisped thru' my garden. . . .LOL!!! . . .I feel like I'm in an armed camp and it sure is a pain to work in the garden, but it's the only way I can keep and harvest anything for myself . . . .criiters don't share . . . they take the lot.
That'll be the next big project - more chicken wire and some kind of scaffolding to hold it up.