LOOKING FOR Any tips on a vegetable garden?

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I homeschool my children. I do a combination of unschooling with some traditional schooling mix. Anyways each of my kids have something different that they want to learn about. My oldest like animals and studies alot on different types and kinds. We are volunteering at an animal recuse this spring. My son is into robots and is learning how they work. We are getting a kit to build one. My youngest daughter wants to learn more about plant life. So we are going to grow some flowers in the flower bed. And we are going to take part of the back yard and plant a vegetable garden. The only problem is that I have never try to grow my own vegetables. I have read up on how to do it, so I am confident that I can and do a good job. What I want to know, is people with experience in this, do you have an suggestions on growing vegetables? How do you keep wild animal life out of your garden? We have lots of rabbits, racoons and alot of small wildlife that hang out in my yard. I know a family of rabbits live here. How do I keep them from eating what we grow? Thanks in advance for the advice.