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varmints
perennials@hort.net
  • Subject: varmints
  • From: "* <k*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:14:04 -0500
I've always had indoor-outdoor cats until now and attributed the lack of garden destruction to them. Now I have indoor cats that I worry about letting out for fear they mightn't come back, get lost.
Recently something has been tearing up my nursery pots. Digging holes and sometimes completely removing the plants. This morning I found an entire corner, about 3 sq feet, of a new bed all torn up. And I noticed mud in the water dish I leave for a stray cat that sometimes comes by. That last item I know could be raccoons. But raccoons have never gotten into pots or tore up beds. I once had a skunk tear up some new plantings looking for grubs but he moved on after only one night. Whatever this is it is returning each night for more destruction. 

Any ideas?  What can I do that won't cost me an arm & a leg?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5 
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