Uncle-C wrote:

The blighters are running amok. They live in sets on the adjoining
railway embankment and sneak into my garden from dusk onwards. I've
grown lots of plants from seed and they have tramped all over them as
well as burrowing close to my dahlias and uprooting the tubers..
Several of them have been ruined. Does anyone have any humane
deterrents to keep them away from my plant beds ?

Thanks
Uncle C

I have badgers in my woods adjoining a camp site, so this advice is from
personal experience.
You need to erect 2mm chain-link fencing all around your garden, 30cm at the
bottom needs to be folded outwards buried and securely fixed.
it's near on 20 years since i put this up and despite a few attempts at
digging underneath, they have never gained entry.*
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