Thank you, guys! Definitely will follow your recommendations. We are going to start building the brick raised beds next week, I guess...in the meantime we are likely going to be out of the house as they are doing some major drilling for replacing some pipes. While this is done, we have time to plan for what we want to plant.
My husband doesn’t seem very concerned but I worry about the iguanas as well. I don’t know if we should cover all the fences with a tight metal net.