Well, we got the electric fence up to deter the raccoons, but now I'm realizing the chipmunks who live within the fence are enjoying my tomatoes. I've read that cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil might keep them away.....so that's what I'll try next. I don't think I'm going to enjoy the smell myself, though. I hope I don't have to get used to this. For 35 years I've had this garden and mostly the problem was with rabbits, but nothing much since we built the taller fence.
Maybe it's just a bad year.