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Re: How to keep cats out of garden?

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Thank you for the tips! I think I will try keeping the soil moist and putting a
mulch on top. That bed is empty at the moment, but about to be planted, so I
guess the cat thought it was a giant litter box made up just for that purpose.
Harumph!

Also, someone just told me about RO-PEL all-natural cat and dog repellent
granules. I might try those around the outside of the bed. They are supposedly
made of white pepper, peppermint, and thyme.

Elizabeth
Cary, NC, USA, Zone 7b


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> 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.....


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