hrhofmann wrote:

What are some ways to keep racoons out of my ripening sweet corn? I don't have enough plants to share beyond the ears they have already destroyed!@!

Nearly impossible even with a fence because racoons are excellent
climbers... you'll have to erect a turkey wire fence and electrify it.
I no longer grow corn, takes too much space and local corn from farm
stands is so much better than home grown. I didn't have racoons but
the crows ravaged my corn.
Corn is in that tall growth:
http://i57.tinypic.com/28s0hu9.jpg
Haying:
http://i60.tinypic.com/11b57o7.jpg