Usually I grow veggies indoors, but we are now using the room for other purposes, so we will be growing outdoors this year. We live in the city and have an abundance of squirells and giant black crows. We want to do the gardening in 5 gallon buckets and will be using bagged soil, as our soil is not at all good for gardening. What I would like to know is how do I keep the rodents and birds from stealing my veggies when they grow and keep them from destroying everything? I thought about also laying down plywood, drilling holes for drainage and putting a couple 2x4s around, kind of like a box to grow in as well, and then fencing around the box...I like this idea, but hubby likes the 5 gallon bucket idea...
Any advice would be appreciated!!!