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Re[2]: Cats in the garden

     My nephew has raised beds, and he is having to put chicken wire down 
     over them to keep his cat out of the beds.  The beds have already been 
     planted and the seeds will be able to come up easily through the wire. 
      Beds are easier to do than a big expanse on the ground, but that's 
     still possible.  It is best if you plant first.  I used orange and 
     lemon peels, and they worked quite well, as long as you continually 
     refresh them.  I twist them to release the scent before scattering 
     them on the garden.  My sister sticks little sticks in the ground to 
     keep her cats out.  I did a garden in an area where everything was 
     raised beds and all the people had cats, and everything had to be 
     covered with chicken wire.
     
     Avril, USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 15


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Subject: Re: Cats in the garden
Author:  seeds-list@eskimo.com at Internet
Date:    4/10/97 8:16 AM


     
Hi,
     
> I read somewhere that if you put chicken wire about an inch or two under 
> the top soil, when kitty comes to dig a little hole to do his/her
> business, they scratch the wire and hate it...so they leave and don't 
> return.  I haven't tried it yet but plan to.
     
I think it's easier to put the chicken wire a couple of inches *above* the soil.
That should keep the cats out of the bed altogether.
     
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