"Sam" wrote in message
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We also have 2 cats. I plan to lay chicken wire on top of the soil.
Is this a good method? Has anyone tried a motion detector water
sprayer? My husband refuses to put chicken wire around the garden (as
a fence), for aesthetic reasons.

http://www.gardeners.com/Animal-Repe...ult/05-497.prd

or

Contech SCARECROW Motion Animal Control Sprinkler


3 wire high solar-powered electric fence should do the trick. Standard
T-posts will work to hold the insulators. Both common in rural areas.
Keeps my dogs at bay. They used to dig underneath the fence.
Warden Dave