Advice for a DIY fruit cage?

Have measured and we used 1/2" chicken wire to stop anything but small rodents, and it was indeed 2ft  wide sliced down the middle into 1ft lengths, so it ended up 8 - 10" above ground and about 2" dug in.

Thanks very much! I know our squirrels at home would easily manipulate the wire if it simply rested on the ground. I guess the size of my chicken wire will help me narrow down the suspects for any future animal thievery