Raccoons find water sources like fountains irresistible, so Phil and I have learned to live with their noise and digging at night.What we couldn't get used to is their wandering through the garden beds on their way to the waterfall, so we placed nearly two dozen cacti as a barrier between the waterfall and the beds.
Ever resourceful, the raccoons soon found a way to dig up the cacti and toss them into the water, where they let them float and soak up water like sponges for a day or so before eating them from the bottom up.
So, Phil and I saved up and bought a very large, very heavy cactus from a big box nursery. To our amazement, it has bloomed during our cold, foggy spring, its flowers the size of teacups.
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