RE: Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats

But did it keep her out of the yard totally? Sheesh... but unfortunately I
also have a neighbor that drives me nuts... she finally put up a solid wood
fence, wish is was taller.:)

Have you considered barbed wire on top of your fence line?  If it wasn't
illegal here, I would have it!.  But only on one side, the rest of the
neighbors are fine.... LOL!

Donna



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:26 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats
> 
> > Prickly bushes do work very well in discouraging cats.  My Chestnut rose
> is
> > just huge and safely houses a multitude of small birds.  The same holds
> > true for an enormouse multiflora rose.  The large birds can just fly
> higher
> > in the trees.
> 
> With a 60x60 backyard I don't want to take up too much room on prickly
> plants.  Especially since it can come in from three sides...  It's a
> great idea, though!
> 
> My neighbor behind me used to come into my yard looking for her cat all
> of the time.  She would walk through all of the flowerbeds calling her
> cat.  Later she cut a hole in her fence and put a screen over it so that
> she could just crawl through that to get in instead of having to walk
> around the block.
> 
> She's a very nice lady, but that annoyed me to no end.  I remember working
> on the deck two summers ago and watching her climb through; then her
> husband
> came through from the front of the house.  I set down my hammer and just
> watched them, waiting for them to acknowledge me or explain what they were
> doing.  No such luck -- they just walked through my yard without saying
> a thing until I finally asked what was up a few minutes later.
> 
> That was when I decided to plant a Poncirus trifoliata (hardy orange)
> right
> under the hole in the fence.  Shortly thereafter she replaced that whole
> section of fence -- sans hole.
> 
> If you're not familiar with the plant, check out the thorns here:
> 
>    http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/low/E790-0901021.jpg
> 
> Chris
> 
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