LOL Thank you, AP! I went and got more today and they are saving me some from tonight until tomorrow! ;) Thanks to the rain, I'll have to turn more often until I get it dried out some. I should have some pretty good muscles in a couple of weeks! LOL

The chicken wire is an interesting thought and may be worth a try. I found another branch chewed off yesterday on one of the plants I didn't cover with netting (I ran out). It rained yesterday morning and the night before, which I had hoped would deter the determined little buggers, but apparently not. In desperation, I bought some hot pepper wax spray yesterday. I thought that it might at least be a bit better than sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants, since they can't inhale the powder up their noses. I have heard that blood meal is a good deterrent but have also heard others say that it didn't work for them. My neighbor is fertilizing organically, though I am unsure what he is using. He says that he is not having trouble with the squirrels this year, but he has in the past. I think it's because they have found my plants...they are coming from a hole dug underneath the fence from his yard into mine!!! I would block it up, but it is likely a waste of time, since they can either make a new one or climb right over the fence. Oh, and bdobs....my teenager should be afraid...very afraid...but I'm certainly not telling him that! :) I'll cross my fingers on the pepper spray, get some more netting, and perhaps buy some chicken wire and blood meal. I think I will end up spending more money on squirrel and rabbit protection than anything else!

Well, you dawg! LOL Have seen the wooden chicken crates used as coffee tables with a piece of glass on top. Also have seen them hung on the wall and used as storage. I'd hang those wooden farm tools on an interior wall (if it goes with what you have) or outside on a rustic shed wall. Have seen the strawberry trays planted with rye grass and they looked neat sitting on a coffee table, etc. You did good! (Ya Ya...sneaking on down to that undisclosed location ...LOL)

Thanks! I love them too. And so far the maintenance has been a breeze. I haven't started major cooking yet but I think I'll get a huge cutting board to put right by the stove to throw hot pots and to cut on and things. I have spilled stuff already all over it (clearly I am not a marble person, although it's beautiful) and it doesn't show anything.