I want a garden plot this year, I have room for a 10x10 section or so. I can do partial shade or mostly sun, depending upon where I choose to put it.
The problem is that I have squirrels and rabbits in abundance.
I don’t want to have to string up a bunch of fence, netting, etc. Are there veggies that are less interesting to squirrels and rabbits? Or, am I stuck choosing between no garden and a veritable fortress of veggie-tude?
If you like eating it, someone else does, too. 
However, you could probably rig up a motion-sensor attached to a sprayer of some sort as a deterrent - YouTube is full of this sort of thing. Scattering bloodmeal around is supposed to help deter prey-type critters as well.
I’ve wondered if I could hire the raccoons as enforcers.
Very easy. Just plant enough to share. Everyone is happy.
rabbits will prefer new growth and flowers on plants. animals don’t share.
And you can religiously trap and release pest animals with a Havahart-type trap.
With "abundant’ rabbits though, I’d strongly recommend fencing - with the bottom six inches or so buried to keep tunneling animals out.
Or get a dog to patrol the yard at night, or even better a hyena.
Weasels. Lots and lots of weasels.
Sounds like your garden is best suited for growing meat.
Potatoes are not too badly bothered by rabbits or squirrels, I think. Squashes should be OK if you can protect them when they are small and tender. Peppers, especially hot ones, should be left alone by mammals.
We use Liquid Fence to keep the critters off our herbs, hostas, and tulips in the summer, and it works great. Just gotta remember to spray it according to directions (I think every week at first, then every month.)
Squash beetles have always destroyed any squash that I tried to grow.
I’ve been using coyote pee as a pest repellent for several years. It works best in areas that already have a healthy coyote population. Seems to deter squirrels, rabbits, and even deer to some extent although not at all effective against lettuce-loving turtles or thieving birds.
We have lots of rabbits and squirrels, but they rarely bother our small garden or at least eat so little that we don’t notice. The only thing the rabbits ate last year was the snow pea stalks, which stinks because it of course kills the plant. They seemed to leave alone the buttercup squash, tomatoes, bell peppers, strawberries, green beans, cucumbers, and blueberries.
Our dogs may help, but I doubt it. We have so many rabbits that we see them in the yard regularly when the dogs are inside, and the dogs even found a rabbit hole with babies right outside the back door last summer.
In my experience, which is admittedly not that extensive, deer are much more destructive than small pests like rabbits.
Putting up a fence will take less effort than any other means of protection, and will be more effective.
Yes.
Marigolds will repel a number of insect pests but Mexican marigolds are said to actually repel wild rabbits.
Also, daffodils and hyacinth:
I say you should just shoot the squirrels.
Do what my grandfather did when he had problems with groundhogs: get an electric fence. I’m not talking about one of those big ones for livestock – it was just a small wire running around the perimeter. It seemed to work.
It wasn’t lethal – it just gave them a shock. Hurt like hell, but it wasn’t fatal. (And before anyone asks, yes, I know this from first hand experience. In my defense, I was only eleven, and a couple of my cousins touched it too. It’s one of those stupid kid things)
I agree with this. I ordered a kit, was amazed how quickly the kit arrived and how little time it took to set up.
In addition to the fence I decided to construct a makeshift lookout tower, originally to keep watch for any approaching deer, rabbits or woodchucks but basically we just go up there and hang out. Deluxe Garden Fence Kit (and homemade woodchuck/rabbit lookout)
