how do you keep the wild life fr diging up your day lilys?

There are several things you can try:

Irish spring soap shavings or chunks laid about in the garden

Go to the barber shop and get human hair - lay it about in the garden... the human scent keeps them at bay

You can use animal urine - coyote, fox they sell this at the garden centers, but frankly I cannot stand to use this method due to a bad experience of spilling some on me when I worked at a garden center.... OMG it stunk to high heaven! Sounds crazy, but you can use human urine too... Think of it as marking your territory.

I have had success with planting garlic, chives and thyme as companion plants, it it is rabbits or small critters this will keep them away.

Just know that if an animal gets hungry enough, they will cross all barriers!

sprinkle cayenne pepper at the base of each plant. you'll have to reapply after a rain

repellent than is us ally manufactured from coyotes urine. you can find it at gardens center