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peoriagrammy Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:58 pm

Don't get me wrong, I like cats...once owned one myself. What I don't like are neighborhood cats who poop in my garden! Any ideas on how to discourage them from relieving themselves in my garden, short of putting up a fence? Evil or Very Mad

**RoOsTeR** Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:05 pm

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t6000-cats-in-your-garden

**camprn** Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:06 pm

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http://www.veggiegardener.com/keep-cats-out-vegetable-garden/

GWN Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:26 pm

My previous neighbour called it "kittirocca"

Too Tall Tomatoes Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:15 pm

camprn wrote:
http://www.veggiegardener.com/keep-cats-out-vegetable-garden/

When will those forks be ready to harvest??

AvaDGardner Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:24 pm

peoriagrammy wrote:Don't get me wrong, I like cats...once owned one myself. What I don't like are neighborhood cats who poop in my garden! Any ideas on how to discourage them from relieving themselves in my garden, short of putting up a fence?

paradichlorobenzene (moth balls).

A heady scent to boot!

Love the fork idea! affraid

**camprn** Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:36 pm

Moth balls are toxic and I would never recommend the random use of it in the vegetable garden.

AvaDGardner Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:05 pm

Putting it around the outside of your boxes will work just as well. The smell will keep them away. It doesn't take much.

A friend grows all flowers, and uses it in her containers.

Then she started putting chicken wire on her lawn. They don't like the feel of the wire on their feet and stay of it, too.

Daniel9999 Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:06 pm

AvaDGardner wrote:Putting it around the outside of your boxes will work just as well. The smell will keep them away. It doesn't take much.

A friend grows all flowers, and uses it in her containers.

Then she started putting chicken wire on her lawn. They don't like the feel of the wire on their feet and stay of it, too.

The chicken wire thing is pretty much what I do to keep them out of my empty beds...only I use hardware cloth....I also built my bed up 14 inches high to keep the buggers from spraying the veg.

Works pretty well.

**RoOsTeR** Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:17 pm

My cats climb chicken wire all day long. They don't seem phased one bit on how it feels to their paws.

Moth balls are toxic not only to most household pets and other animals, but also to humans.

shannon1 Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:13 am

I thought the neighborhood cats would get in my TT's but they don't just walk around below. Very Happy

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