It's bl**dy infuriating isn't it?Ā I'm just waiting for all the defenders now - they don't do it on the grass [they do] they don't do it if you spend countless hours putting endless amounts of prickly items on borders [they do]Ā ooh - get a dog. I often wonder about the sanity of the ones who suggest that. To avoid picking up sh*t, I've to get another animal whose sh*t I then have to pick up. Give me strengthĀ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Plus the dog and the cats smash up plants and pots chasing around the garden, and the dog wakes everyone up at stupid O'clock when a cat comes for a look in the windows.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There's several cats around where we live.Ā I didn't have my garden & lawns being used as a toilet when next door had a cat.Ā She used to come into our house and sleep on my wife's knee during the day.Ā Now they've moved, I've been getting 'aromatic presents' and bald patches from tom cat pee, regularly left on my lawns (both newly laid) .Ā I've got 4 ultrasonic cat deterrents but they've got used to them and I occasionally find a deposit right in front of them.Ā I've tried changing the frequencies but that only lasts for a coupe of days. I'm going to try planting and spreading rosemary as I believe cats don't like the smell - Last resort is to get a cat of our own and train it to poo/wee 'appropriately'.
All cats should be house cats ! Nothing worse than relaxing in the garden on warm summers day with la aroma de cat poo drifting around !. It makes me LIVID !.
We have loads of cat's around here and normally there not to much trouble. Yesterday I went out and mulched around about a quality of the garden. Today I wish I hadn't bother the smell of cats as I opened the door was terrible where the mulch is had been poo on and the stink. I have just go back the some chicken wire and will put the just under the mulch. Sorry if this offends any cat owner but getting cat poop on my hands and shoe is something I'll not have again.
When there are loose cats here, eventually coyotes take care of them. (People never seem to figure it out-they put up missing fliers on the street corners.)
But...moving here would mean you were that much closer to TrumpĀ God help us all.
A water scarecrow is a very good anti cat mechanism that works on foxes and herons too for anyone worried about smelly foxes and thieving herons.Ā Ā Just don't site it where it will get the postie.
But...moving here would mean you were that much closer to TrumpĀ God help us all.
Are you all thinking of building a wall up there yourselves?Ā
The water scarecrows do work well, but you also have to remove them when the frosts start, because they burst apart. The problem is, that's when the birds are ever more present in the garden.Ā
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I'm just waiting for all the defenders now - they don't do it on the grass [they do] they don't do it if you spend countless hours putting endless amounts of prickly items on borders [they do]Ā ooh - get a dog.
I often wonder about the sanity of the ones who suggest that. To avoid picking up sh*t, I've to get another animal whose sh*t I then have to pick up. Give me strengthĀ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The water scarecrows do work well, but you also have to remove them when the frosts start, because they burst apart. The problem is, that's when the birds are ever more present in the garden.Ā
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.