Now you have me wondering. Even though I saw the groundhog running from the garden on the day the damage was done, I wondering if the raccoon might have done it. I assumed that because the broccoli plants were devastated that it was the groundhog. Do raccoons eat broccoli plants?
Seems like you have had more trouble than I. It would be so discouraging. One thing I have learned from a newspaper route is that the raccoon population, even in cities, is much higher than people think.