A little OT but since I "know" you, I decided to post here rather than a veggies gardening forum.

The coons have discovered our corn! Not too much damage Thursday night, but the coon who made the discovery then must have told friends b/c there's a lot more broken/eaten last night. DH had put out his old stinky sweaty work clothes over the (low, just silt fence) garden fence but that didn't keep them out. My cousin says liberal application of cayenne pepper on the ground around the corn stalks (or entire garden)? I don't have that much pepper, have to go out and buy it but since we have to go out I thought I'd ask if we should get anything else?

Our corn isn't doing well (ears are small, not filling to tops of husks) so we could just pick everything that looks close to ready this afternoon and call it a loss, but I really want to keep them away from the rest of the garden since honeydews are still developing - I don't know if they'll bother tomatoes, cucumbers, or peppers.

Thanks