DonShirer said:I too enjoyed my raised beds until a clan of chipmunks burrowed into them. No amount of closing up their entrances discourages them. I may have to remove the soil and line the bottom with hardware cloth.
We live in the country with plenty of "critters" all around us. First we needed to have a fenced garden area, tall enough to keep out the deer. Then we built several Square Foot Gardens...4' X 4' X 1', with hardware cloth lining the bottoms.
One year (many years ago) I grew 100 tomato plants from seed. The deer got (most of) their tops, and the gophers got a lot of the bottoms...We did manage a modest harvest from this, but no where what was expected. Now l don't have to grow so many to get a decent harvest!
