The Cucumbers

I planted my vegetable garden quite a while ago. The potatoes have come up well, the tomatoes that I started indoors seem to be doing o.k., many of the green beans are up and growing, although a few have been eaten, some of my tiny lettuce seeds must have been washed away in a big rain we had soon after I planted, the others things are hit and miss. But what the heck is going on with the cucumbers?

I had started some cucumbers indoors - some for pickling, some for slicing and eating. They were good healthy plants but the root ball wasn't really a ball, more a gathering of roots. I hardened them off on the porch for a bit and planted them the same as everything else. Within a day or two they had all shrivelled up and died. Yes, I watered them. 

Not to be deterred, I planted seeds in the ground. I've certainly done this before and it has worked out just fine. 

Nothing. I think maybe one came up and then most of it was eaten.

I planted again. A different one came up. By the next day, it was eaten. But what about all the others?? I was starting to feel a bit like this:

This last time, I was on the war path. I planted and then took my handy frame that husband made for me (wooden sides with chicken wire across the large rectangular side) and placed it over where some of the seeds were planted, at the same time sacrificing the beans that it had previously covered. Yes, I saw a rabbit already! For the other spots where I planted seeds, I devised other ways to protect them - a chicken wire dome, a wire fence castle. I planted them yesterday. I was already, like a fool, looking for signs of life this morning. I know, I know. It's far too early, but I'm on a mission here. 

I also replanted some peas that didn't come up. We had a cold snap after I originally planted, so that may have affected things at the beginning. 

Do you have certain vegetables that you have to replant?