She's sure. She's seen them. Rebecca's Garden newletter suggested cutting the top & bottom out of coffee cans & setting them over the plants but how unattractive is that!!!!!!!! She lives in a wooded area & the raccoons were there first but she is fairly new to gardening & is becoming discouraged. Besides the time involved the expense also. There must be a happy medium, just haven't figured it out yet :-) gaye > Is she sure it's coons? They come and eat my vegetables, particularly eggplant, on occasion but > they've never dug anything up. On the other hand squirrels will dig up newly planted stuff looking > to see what's under it.