Chunnels and raised beds

[sunrise.superman]

I've been reading through the chunnel posts and a few have used them around raised beds. I'm wondering how the pest control has been helped by this? Some seem to run the chunnels on the very outskirts of a larger raised bed area. Does that help enough with pest control? Putting them on the perimeter that far away from the actual planting beds? Or is it better to run the chunnels closer in? Running them too close around beds makes access difficult, so is there a happy medium anyone has found? Close-ish to beds to make pest control beneficial but still allowing access to the beds for weeding/watering/harvesting, etc.?

I'm planning on putting in new raised beds/poly tunnels so I can adjust configurations still at this point. I'll have my beds and compost bins all on the same side of the area as my coop and thought of herb plantings along the chunnels for a little grazing for the birds as well.

 

[aart]

I don't think many have done the perimeter chunnel.
Some folks put mesh up around the beds to protect plants from chickens ranging around them.