Hi, Ted! Thanks for your input- forgot to mention that we have a fence that keeps out the critters you mentioned with the exception of baby bunnies which fit through the 2" wire mesh at the bottom. We usually see traces of what they've nibbled and usually catch a glimpse of them. No rabbits, large or small sited near the property yet this season. They just appear to be snaps, not bites. Nearly every one is still hanging on at the lowest point when we find it, not completely severed. No footprints or soil disturbance anywhere in the garden and nothing being nibbled either.
Wonder if I'm overdoing the fertilizer and creating tender, stiff growth- and maybe some varieties are more susceptible than others.
Don't know what a trail camera is- will look it up. Neither DH nor myself very techie.
Thanks again- appreciate your help.
kath