Re: CULT: Discouraging Cats

Hi Sterling: Long time no see!!!

When I lived back in N.J. I was surrounded by neighbors with a grand total
of  7 cats who delighted in using my sandy garden as their own personal
litter box. I was as perplexed as you as to how to keep them out of the
beds. Suddenly I had a stroke of inspiration. I went to friends who grew
roses and got all their pruned canes in the fall. I spread these around the
garden and low and behold the cats found another litter box.  It would seem
that they did not want to put their bottoms down only to get jabbed by a
rose thorn. Lining the canes between the rows of seedlings should make for a
very fine deterrent.

Dave Silverberg
Molalla, Oregon, USA, zone 7/8ish
V.P. Archivist/Historian HIPS
----- Original Message -----
From: Sterling Okase <sterling_o@yahoo.com>
To: Iris-Talk <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:39 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: Discouraging Cats


> Hi Talkers,
>
> Looks like all the responses are slowing. Thanks for
> all the suggestions. Sorry it turned out to be such a
> controversial subject. The cats usually don't harm the
> larger plants but they sure make a mess of my seedling
> beds, especially when I clear an area and first line
> them out. And I know they are doing something bad to
> some of my plants because sections of my beds will die
> or at least show signs of burn of some kind. And I
> especially don't appreciate stepping on their poop and
> unknowingly tracking it in the house. peeeyoooo!!
> However, I don't want to harm them in any way. I
> couldn't bare it. I think I am going to try the
> cayenne pepper method first. I gather I just sprinkle
> some out and it will discourage them? I don't have to
> roll them in it or anything, do I?
>
> Sterling (not Innerst)
> Seattle, WA. USA
> Zone 8
>
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