Life at the base of a mountain

Remember my previous post about the beauty of the mountain and the peacefulness of where I live? Well that hasn't changed except for some "nature" is wreaking havoc on my garden! This is the first year I planted a rather large raised bed garden in our back yard. I'm trying "go green" and organic as much as possible in our lives. Initially all was well and I figured the garden was safe because it was raised-NOT! I was so proud of my brussel sprout plants as the leaves were growing and the plants were huge, and then one day...all those beautiful large leaves were chewed off. The same happened to my broccoli plants and NOW it is occurring with my lettuce. Little buggers! I believe that I am not only feeding a run away dog (see other blog at www.savingteddy.blogspot.com , I am also serving meals to the rabbit and groundhog families. I might add that they are not invited. Not to say that I don't think they are cute, however not in my garden, and NOT dining on my future dinners. I've tried every environmentally friendly product I could find-hot pepper wax and some other "natural" spray to keep them away. Neither worked and the destruction, their dining, continue. So I went out and bought some fencing to place around the brussel sprouts and the broccoli, so far so good. Now I have to figure out what to do with the lettuce, since there are three separate patches. I also planted lettuce in containers and they don't seem to bother that-hmmmmm. Any way, I was once so proud of my garden, and hopefully will be again soon, as long as the uninvited guests take the hint!