How to stop Raccoons from Getting into a Garden?

Hire a bear, there's a few lurking around these forums but I wouldn't trust them to get the job done.

They're hungry. Don't hurt them, they don't know that they harm you.
Please find a peaceful solution. Bigger/better fence maybe?

we had also some racoons coming over to us. just be sure there is nothing they can eat. i made them wet with a garden hose and they never came back.

CATCH THEM ONE BY ONE
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and keep em as pets! ^ ^

Say they're related to Seth Rich and they will all appear dead tomorrow morning mysteriously.

Give'em booze, you won't stop them but it'll be hilarious.

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Have you tried creating a labyrinth around your garden?

-J

Coonhound

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Raccoon repellent

Plant plastic forks into soil. This should avoid them.

You turn them into Rocket Raccoon and have them join your side against other threats to your garden.

Flamethrowers and shit is usually effective.

It's really insane that you have an outside dog and an electric fence yet they still go after your garden. Typically they go after the easiest food, but they even ignored baited traps. Something isn't adding up; I'd get a trail cam and monitor them. Learn what you are dealing with, then act accordignly. Post the video online too because I'd love to see a raccoon braving an electric fence.

Open a raccoon cafe. A lot of people would gladly pay to spend some time frolicking with raccoons. <3

It's a little late for this advice now but: fence first, then plant. Planting's the easy part, and as such you've likely planted a larger area than you want to enclose. A proper fence will keep raccoons out and will survive deer - if a fence doesn't meet your needs, then its not a proper fence.

Similarly, knowing you have a raccoon problem and don't have proper fencing, I would have recommended taking that into account during the planting. While raccoons can eat just about anything, they won't go after herbs like they will fruits and vegetables. You can protect root vegetables by putting them under horizontal chicken wire - it won't protect the upper part of the plant, but it will prevent burrowing to get to potatoes, etc., and the upper portion of the plant can grow through a panel of it that you can raise for harvesting. It's a little late at this point, but things like coriander / cilantro, garlic, etc., won't attract raccoons and may actually repel them. If you can only fence part of the garden, you could concentrate plantings that the raccoons go after there.

When it comes to repellents, blood meal and urine aren't effective, and generally raccoons will get used to anything when they realize it's not a threat and they won't let it get in the way of them eating. Garlic juice, black pepper and cayenne are supposed to be the most effective scents. I can't say whether anise plants would repel raccoons, but it might mask the odor of garlic juice, if you use that as a repellent.

There are now motion-activated sprinklers, starting around $50-$60, but as with any deterrent, it's unlikely to actually deter raccoons if they learn they can flaunt it - as with the dog, they're very pragmatic about ignoring something if it's not really a threat.

Trapping and relocation might resolve the issue, as discussed elsewhere, but I'd recommend working on the fence. While a good, thorough fence can be expensive, it should last you years, and cost less than repeated professional trapper visits.

have u tried to challenge them for a duel?

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Almost any strong smelling minty or spicy oil in your sprayer would be effective. Wild animals hate peppermint, clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus etc. It's the only way I can keep deer from snacking on my lily buds which they find delightful. Experiment with different smells and emulsify with mild soap. I add some garden neem oil which also smells (bad) and is good for the plants. Planting mint on the perimeters is also a good idea - it's shallow rooted and easy to pull up if it starts to invade. Licorice mint grows quite tall and branchy so a very good option and also seeds itself but no runners to pull. Animals hate Monarda, it's beautiful and hummingbirds are crazy for it (plant the red variety) and will spend the summer in your garden if you plant it for them.
You must have a huge raccoon population if they are braving an electric fence or else one of your neighbors might be feeding them. If you need to temporarily bait them away from you garden, they cannot resist boiled pasta.

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i'm not an expert in racooneering but when you know they're around maybe dump some food for them outside the garden? so they won't bother with the zapping to get in?

Nuke them from orbit!

So I have three options for you.

You could approach them, surrender yourself to their hordes and ask to be taken to their leader, where you then attempt to parley with him/her. State your terms and be the shrewdest negotiator you can be in order to allow a settlement to be reached between both your parties that benefits both sides and leaves no lasting problems or ill wills.

You could systamatically try and capture them all in order to slowly bring them over to your side. Either habituating them with high society, making them well respected members of the local community (and therefore above stealing and foraging) or just domesticate the living shit out of them and keep em as pets.

Lastly you can attempt to intergrate yourself within their ranks. Get a really good disguise and join them. Slowly try and work your way up their ranks, gain their trust and respect whilst gently pushing your motives into their way of thinking. Once they all agree with you to see the error of their ways and try new foraging methods/grounds you dissappear mysteriously and rejoin human society. Leaving them none the wiser but no longer your problem.

put the sign - no raccooons allowed
no need to thx

Release Groot. The raccoon just wants to free him...