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I've not had a problem with cats but I have had to push twigs into the beds around the smaller stuff to stop Mabel from running across the planted areas! The Geoff Hamilton cloches are great at keeping animals off too.
I've just transplanted a load of beetroot to the beds and used another of his inventions to keep the birds and lurcher off. These are curved lengths of thick straining wire pushed into the ground with a sheet of clear heavy duty plastic secured over the tops like a mini polytunnel. I made the setup around twenty years ago after watching GH make them on Gardeners World. They've been sat in the shed for at least 12 years so it was nice to bring them back into use.

Planted out some of the Bright Lights chard on the top bed today, and a couple more of them in the front flower bed as they are so ornamental as well as good to eat. Also spaced out the few successfully germinated Flamingo Pink chard plants.

I need to thin out the spinach beet tomorrow.