After blogging the problem this morning, I decided to figure out a solution. I went to Home Depot with the intention of buying some chicken wire but when I got there, I found a product called "Deer Netting". It's a 100' roll of 7' plastic netting meant to enclose the garden from the four legged pests. Unfortunately, HD didn't have the requisite posts to hold it up so I had to go to Lowe's as well. I bought ten (two at each corner and one in the middle of each long side) but six would have been enough since it's very light netting. The posts were 4' tall with a blade on the end in the ground for stability. They're painted green and the netting is almost invisible from a distance so it doesn't make the garden look like some sort of maximum security prison. The poles cost about $2 apiece so for a total of $35, I have what I hope will be a very effective protection against the nocturnal munchers.
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