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Re: Raised bed mulch

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I too garden in raised beds and have 15 or so cats in the neighborhood
that like my yard as their litter box.  I've solved this problem using a
variety of methods.

1) I use types of mulch that they don't like to walk on because it's
kind of prickly.  2 kinds of mulch that fit this bill are pine needle
mulch and cocoa mulch (you buy it in bags).

2) When the raised beds are fully planted they don't seem to bother it,
it's only when they're empty that they seem to want to use it as a
litter box.  So, when I'm in between seasons I cover the beds with
redwood trellises, rose cane prunings or anything else that blocks the
beds from being accessed by the cats.

3) For the neighbor's cats who like to sleep and hang out in my garage,
I've put a real litter box in the garage for them.  It's a pain to have
to scoop the poop and urine balls from it, but it's better then having
them go in my yard.  I use the type of litter that forms into solid
balls of urine, not the clay "Johnny Cat" type of litter.  This way you
never throw out the whole box of litter, you just scoop out the waste
and add more fresh litter.

Good luck.  Let me know if you come up with any other solutions.

Kim 
zone 9
Laguna Hills, So CA

> Robert Tjomsland II wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> Hello Ya'll
> I built a 4 by 4 foot cedar box patio garden for my driveway.  I was
> wondering, since I live in downtown Portland, I have a problem with
> cats in my flowerbeds at night.  They seem to love Barkdust to
> "DooDoo" there thing, if you know what I mean.  Forecasting the
> future, when I fill my garden with dirt, I do believe that although I
> call this box a garden, the cats are going to think that its a
> luxurious kitty litter box.  Kinda in the same lines as dogs and the
> leash laws, there is a law for trespassing cats.  You are able to
> catch them and take them to the pound, but I really don't want a trap
> line that resembles something from an Alaskan survival story.  Plus I
> don't think my neighbors would think of me as a good neighbor.  I'm
> not going to catch cats for the pound when the cats are only doing
> something that comes natural to them.  Alls I want to do is keep them
> out of my yard and garden.  Does anyone else have this type of problem
> and if so, what do I do to keep them out of both my barkdust and my
> future garden?  Sorry for the subject.
> Thanks in advance,
> Rob Curtis
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