Pest Problems

 I've been trying to use as few chemicals as possible on my garden, but I fear I'm losing the battle against the critters. I started my melons in the house but lost these plants to cucumber beetles. So I used some dust that I mixed in the soil to kill the beetles and re-planted the melons. My second planting was up, had their second leaves and were growing well. Mission accomplished, or so I thought. Yesterday morning when I went to check the garden after the nights storms, I found my melon patch all dug up. The watermelon plants which were about 6' tall,GONE. The cantaloupe plants which were about 4" tall, Gone. The honeydew plants which are also 4" tall, NEVER TOUCHED. Now I mixed these seeds together when I planted so the plants were mixed in the bed. This critter ate my watermelons and cantaloupe plants after sorting them out in the melon patch. Without ever disturbing the honeydew plants. Must be this thief has particular tastes which don't  include honeydew. So today I started more melons in a hanging basket. I'll let them grow there for awhile until I can put a fence around my melon patch. Even the cayenne pepper doesn't seem to bother this pest. If it wasn't all dug up I would have thought a bird did it. The way it was dug up, I almost think it was a skunk. So since I'm not fond of getting sprayed by a skunk, I'll try to be careful about how I keep it away and keep my garden safe.