Wire will help if you bury the edge deep enough but you need wire that won't rot in the ground. You have to make it more trouble than it's worth for them. Oh, and landmines.:D

Raised beds are a great idea, especially for food growing. You can adjust the soil to your needs, insure drainage, and you can bend less- great if your body's hurtin. Just make sure not to use pressure treated wood for the retaining walls- the preservative is toxic and it leaches into the soil. Use untreated cedar if you can, or posh, custom milled hemlock, if its just cluttering up your estate!;)

Bunnies. I run a bunny buffeteria. Chicken wire does work, Ive ringed the most important things, leaving some greens to bribe the bunny mafia . By hosting this furry prey, I am hoping to lure back our great horned owl. He was cool.

I have a huge apple tree that has a bumper crop. I dont know what kind of apple, they are small and sweet if you can get to them before the birds peck or the squirrels knock them into the rocks. The tree is bizarrely tall and slender, no lower limbs to help you climb. The apples threaten your head from about 25 ft up. Ive been mentally designing a picking contraption that will work, reaching out from out an upstairs window. hmmm. who am I, MacGuyver?

No tomatos yet, just green knobs. But everything is lush and green with huge July blooms everywhere. Bee balm, daylilies, cone flowers, black-eyed susans. Food for the soul.

shutting down the operation
 

I brought the last load of tomatoes and peppers in tonight. Deep freeze on the way. With the fence open, the chickens are now free to do their worst, have at it ladies. We still have a lot of carrots out there but supposedly they get sweeter if you leave 'em in. Goodbye summer. :)

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The tree is bizarrely tall and slender, no lower limbs to help you climb. The apples threaten your head from about 25 ft up. Ive been mentally designing a picking contraption that will work, reaching out from out an upstairs window. hmmm. who am I, MacGuyver? quote
If you whack off the top of the tree, it'll branch out. More shade, less bombs and easier picking. Cold weather is the best time to prune.