Keeping Garden Pests Away

Do you have a neighbor that's already asking you for tomatoes before you've even gotten them into the ground? Well, I do. It's the same neighbor who resents me as I don't make time to sit over a cup of coffee to hear her bitch about farting dust, as unlike her, I haven't been a kept woman since the Eisenhower administration. Anyway, I am seriously thinking of strategically placing these around my yard this year to keep the old bat away.  There would be more dandelions though, as I don't believe in ever using pesticides.  Plus, they can double as "spring mix" since I'm unemployed.