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Cats in the Garden

Actually, I/ve seen several persons on "The Victory Garden" including
Roger Swain talk about using human hair or poodle clippings in the gaden
to frighten away various animals- apparently it tells their noses there
are a hundred vicious poodles  prowling your yard or that you're nearby
with that squirt-gun... even though in reality most gardeners might
actually sleep, occasionally. It may work on squirrels, more probably
deer and things.

I suppose "neighbor's cats" will be a new thread, because somehow the
tabbies from other yards seem far more mischeivious and destructive than
one's own, and there is from less you can do about them like turning the
sprinklers on them, since it will be unnappreciated by the neighbors.
(I'm thinking about complaining to the city; I think we have a leash law
or something...) These are the brazen cats that will lie there
spring-loaded at my very feet waiting for a hummingbird as an excuse to
do some $200 damage though I "Scat! Hiss!" till I'm blue in the face.

Unfortunately, few things seem like easy answers. I can't leave the hose
on forever just because they hate wet feet, etc etc. although every
answer is good in its own right fo a given situation.  All I can say in
this matter is that it will depend on the individual animals too. SOME
cats but not all, might be expected to anything for their catnip and
other attractants, including, take on the German shep, burrow under the
cyclone fence, and swim. I'd check with a vet before you make any plants
to soak them.

(This is probably why it is still at issue no matter 
how many TONS of coverage the subject has had)

Rob

purportedly and probably:

Nepeta phyllochlamys, salviaefolia, sintenisii @ 3-5
weeks cold treatment or stratification; N. nawaschinii has either tthis
type of requirement, or a dry storage requirement apparently. Reports
may tend to vary about light requirements. (See Alplains catalog)
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