Breeder's Choice corn, the only kind I grow anymore, is ripening fast. Lest raccoons savage it, the way they did several years ago, a 6-foot welded wire fence is already in place. The fence went up ...

Anyone who has ever grown sweet corn knows that raccoons love sweet corn just about as much as people do. Plus, I imagine that these gardeners have lost more than one crop to these midnight bandits.

Be sure to research local regulation on trapping and relocating as there are often protections against this practice. Raccoons are often pictured as cute, masked critters that snatch scraps from a ...