Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Until yesterday my garden had a fence around it. I took it down so I could mow the weeds down and till. I also decided to expand the garden by a few feet.

I mowed and tilled an area larger than I'm actually intending to use because I figured having a buffer around the garden would slow the progress of weeds. Once a weed reaches the fence it grows up through the fence and I've had to resort to hand pulling because the fence gets in the way of garden tools.

Anyway, the thought suddenly occurred to me that I may not even need a fence at all. The only animal problems I've experienced so far has been a couple of curious squirrels and a neighbor's cat that thinks the world is it's litter box. The main purpose of the fence was as a deterrent for the same neighbor's unruly children. We've never actually caught them trespassing, only suspicions and tell-tale signs of their presence. It dawned on me that if said children don't respect an 8 foot privacy fence and a locked gate they're just going to ignore a 4 foot garden fence.

So, what do the rest of you say? Does a fence that doesn't hinder anyone but me have any other redeeming quality I may be overlooking.

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