Thanks all for the Replies. I forgot to mention that this is my first year gardening, so I'm a bit on the beginner side. My first gardening area just turned out too small, then the second area wasn't enough. So I made a third, fourth and a fifth. I have crops all over the place (they do look great). That is why the fence idea was ruled out, just too much ground to cover. The other day, I caught him going into my shed. I closed the door on him and tried to figure out how I was going to remove him without having to kill it. Well, next thing I know, he somehow pushed the shed doors open (it was latched) and escaped. I have a burrow in my yard, I believe that the shed and my yard is their vacation home. Their place of residence is my neighbors yard. I could always lay stone all the way around my yard, but I would need a lot. (its at least close to 1000 feet of fence. I'm going to get a trap and trasfer them to a much nicer place far away from my garden.

That was funny, Iowa_jade, thanks. I checked the Waddle fences link: they look more fortified than the fences erected by Germans during Normandy invasion. Very impressive! Whatever you do, NEVER feed bunnies rancid sunflower seeds. I threw those on our patio. A few days later, there's bunnies' feces everywhere. They diarrhea-ed on the patio. Bunnies clean up their poop by eating them, except for sunflower seeds. I have to put up with the ghastly potty site until they dry up enough to sweep away. Seil will try Irish Spring Soap - I'll try one or two bars only, lest my backyard looks like a bubble bath in the wet spring. The old fashion baby-powder with talc is cheaper than perfume, so I'll sprinkle smelly baby-powder around roses. I'll try more than one methods (raw eggs & garlic, curry powder, hair spray, garlic chives) and will report the results.

I've been reading anything I can find on deterring deer, rabbits, groundhogs and chipmunks since we have them in great numbers here due to overdevelopment. What a dope I was thinking we just had ONE cute little groundhog that I named "Puffalump"...the day last year when I was sitting in the garage and saw three of them sauntering down the driveway was when I knew there was trouble in Dodge! Friends put fencing extended 18 inches in the ground and they still dug under it. What I've found so far that I'm going to try in a total defensive attempt to let my new butterfly garden grow to bloom this year is: 1) Whirlygigs - supposedly groundhogs are timid and get frightened easily 2) Critter Ridder (non-toxic) granules around perimeter of garden - supposedly works on all critters except squirrels who are only a problem eating as much bird seed as they can get. 3) Reflective Horned Owl (Gardener's Supply & many other online sellers) - going to keep this lower to ground than instructed because I don't want to scare away birds that will also be dining on some things in butterfly garden but groundhogs & rabbits are supposedly scared by the holographic sight of a Great Horned Owl. We'll see how daring they are. 4) Chicken Wire on ground of garden perimeter - supposedly if deer walk on it they can't be sure of their footing so they'll avoid area. I'll believe it when I see it. So far no critters have disturbed any of the spring bulbs either in containers or gardens I planted last fall. Probably just random, dumb luck but I sprayed bulbs with some organic odiferous stuff & wrapped them in steel wool as those were also suggested in articles. Bulbs are all sprouting (except for tulips thank goodness) due to unseasonably warm weather here. No matter what, I suspect the rabbits won't care what I do to keep them away from the tulips I just had to plant for old time's sake. It's been thirty years since a single tulip has made it past its first show of leaves without being clipped by tiny teeth right down to the ground. Bulbs I can stand to lose to a degree in the long run. My new butterfly garden is a WHOLE 'nother story...LOL. Besides...as we speak the three groundhogs I know we've got under the shed out back are probably reproducing as I type and they'll be leading a parade of little groundhogs to everything and anything that's green and tender! For about two minutes I thought of investing in one of those motion activated water sprayers but then realized I certainly didn't want to contribute to powdery mildew on all my precious plants in the butterfly garden since I won't spray in there. Unless I plan on putting up a pup tent in the middle of the butterfly garden I MUST adjust sometime to the fact that there will be damage. It's just a question of how much since we can't stand guard 24/7. Good luck to one and all in the critter battles.

You'll need to find out who is doing the damage before you can do anything about it. Woodchucks raze a garden like a lawnmower. Rabbits, unless you have a LOT of them, aren't as destructive in flower beds (vegetable gardens seem to be a different issue). With luck, you may only have one single woodchuck which you could trap and relocate. Bunnies, considering their rate of reproduction, aren't as easy. Get up very early one morning and watch from a window. Woodchucks tend to feed early in the morning or around supper time, if things are quiet. Rabbits feed whenever there isn't anyone around to frighten them away (at least mine do). I've successfully relocated a woodchuck, but have not bothered with the bunnies. They are in this neighborhood and I have some of the plants you listed, but they seem content to munch on lawn weeds. Another reason to avoid herbicides and overseed with clover. Applying things like cayenne or commercial products to keep critters away is only good for as long as it doesn't rain.