You definitely need some pests protection. My garden is surrounded with an 8' tall wood frame, wire mesh fence, grape arbor entrance. No deer, but raccoons climb the fence for my grapes each fall.

I do two types of corn, early sweet and "peaches & cream". 3 rows of each planted 2-3 weeks apart. Lots of jalapenos, onions, basil. 9 varieties of tomatoes, I plant around Mother's Day weekend. I also use 6 raised beds with indoor/outdoor carpet between to keep weeds down. My raspberries (two varieties) are off the charts.

Vedder has pics of my garden, maybe he'll post a pic of it taken from my deck for a full view. Thanks Dave.