We had an electric fence and additional posts and wire fencing on our old farm in California for the front pasture to keep the cows in. It worked well.
I can understand deer and other wild animals looking for an easy meal and I can understand cattle looking to roam and possibly seek greener pastures.
But, I cannot understand my Mother’s neighbors (where the garden is located) sneaking, in the middle of the night, into the garden to steal cucumbers.....
The fence will be more for them, than anything else.
A friend of mine showed me how to set it up and do all of wiring. If I string six paralell wires around the entire garden area...it will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1/2 of a mile of wire.....
He gave me a 15 mile fencer to go with it.
Should be fun......