I got some good sized beets for pickling (I like them small) and two bags of nice beet tops after carefully picking them over. The chickens got a huge colander of beet greens, and the ground squirrels got an equal amount of beet greens plus some really tiny, not-worth-my-time beet roots to munch on in the morning. The only thing in my garden they still have access to are my tomatos, my pickling cucs and my squash. I sure hope they decide to leave them alone. :/