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Re: How to keep cats out of garden?

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To deter cats, here are some possibilities:

Row covers, plastic, straw or other mulches....

Use drip or other irrigation to keep soil moist....

Use a repellent material like cayenne (needs regular re-application).....

Put toothpicks in the bed, or something similar.....

Get a motion sensor sprinkler that will hose down the cat-crappers whenever
they get near....

Make a cage of netting or chicken wire---also keeps out squirrels, skunks,
etc....

Remeber you are smarter than cats....also that cats roaming around do in a
lot of songbirds, p'raps we could find the cat's owners and raise their
levels of responsibility?

(Impractical in many cases, that last one, I know.....:-)

Frank---is covering beds in IRT plastic this year, for added warmth and
reduced feline feces.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Snively <esnively@nina.pagesz.net>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: How to keep cats out of garden?


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>Hi all,
>
>I went out to the garden again this morning, only to find the telltale
>scratchings of the neighbors' cat in one of my raised beds. I grabbed my
garden
>fork, and sure enough, souvenirs had been left behind. This is infuriating!
>
>I recently followed the thread about cat and dog manure possibly being
harmful
>in the garden, so I really need to stop this.
>
>Please, post an effective way to repel cats, if you have one!
>
>P.S. Getting a dog is not an option for me.
>
>Thanks,
>Elizabeth
>Cary, NC, USA, Zone 7b
>
>
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