Some interesting ideas. Thanks. I must say I've tried most of them already. Def not interested in getting a cat. Mine is only bedded garden in terrace-row! Chilli doesn't work, dung produced loud remarks from neighbours - though it's their cats causing trouble. Won't coffee grinds have long-term negative effects? I don't even have garden birds because of visitors!! Can't afford sprinkler - might be the best solution.Thanks Dinah, that might be one to look out for - some rusty old fencing.
I bought some cat repellant granules, thinking of course they would be a waste of money, but they really work and the cats have never come back, if we dog owners did not clean up after our pets, we would be fined, we even had a cat claw holes in the polly tunnel because it could see a moth flitting around,
I have tried moth balls, which work. I buy them off the internet and the postman is not too keen on having them in his bag. He says it makes the rest of the mail smell. Too bad - some of the smelly mail goes to people whose smelly cats used my garden as a loo. If they didn't do that I wouldn't send for the moth balls!!
I have 2 cats, and I cover my vegetables with old fireguards etc, I leave an area for my cats toilet, and I turn the ground over regularly, also, my cats are kept indoors at night, and use 2 litter trays before they go out in the morning, this summer they were great at chasing away cabbage white butterflies, and they ve been keeping a pigeon away from the purple sprouting and brussels.
last year i got rid of a couple of cat visitors by spraying white vinegar in a few areas around the perimeter fence, or you can soak rags on sticks among your veg rows, they and deer, rabbits ets hate the smell, i found it in a handy spray bottle for a quid in more than one of the discount shops, also kills dandelions in the lawn if you spray the leaves after cutting the tops off. needs re doing if it rains though. i recomend buying a vinegar book or looking it up on line as there are so many environmentally friendly uses for it in the garden or cleaning. looks like i need to go out and get spraying again as the ginger tom is back and i have not seen him until the last couple of days.
Once I had sown my veg this year, I covered my raised beds with netting. I used a load of old CDs I had collected during the year (from junk mail and weekend newspapers) to keep off both birds, foxes and cats. I took this picture soon after I have completed this bed. I think the cat was very confused as to what had happened to his rather large litter tray. It seemed to work. Once the plants were established I removed the netting but kept the CD's.
Thank you everyone for your ideas to keep cats of the veg patch. I will try some of these and see which one is best. Something has got to work, if not its back to the old pooper scooper.
I think perhaps a combination of chicken wire and water sprinkler would work best. From my experience of cats, they are very determined if they want to get somewhere and are not easily deterred. However, they HATE water and wire netting over soil makes it very awkward for them. So let's go there!!
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Some interesting ideas. Thanks. I must say I've tried most of them already. Def not interested in getting a cat. Mine is only bedded garden in terrace-row! Chilli doesn't work, dung produced loud remarks from neighbours - though it's their cats causing trouble. Won't coffee grinds have long-term negative effects? I don't even have garden birds because of visitors!! Can't afford sprinkler - might be the best solution.Thanks Dinah, that might be one to look out for - some rusty old fencing.
I bought some cat repellant granules, thinking of course they would be a waste of money, but they really work and the cats have never come back, if we dog owners did not clean up after our pets, we would be fined, we even had a cat claw holes in the polly tunnel because it could see a moth flitting around,
I have tried moth balls, which work. I buy them off the internet and the postman is not too keen on having them in his bag. He says it makes the rest of the mail smell. Too bad - some of the smelly mail goes to people whose smelly cats used my garden as a loo. If they didn't do that I wouldn't send for the moth balls!!
Don't know why this came up but here's a smile!
I have 2 cats, and I cover my vegetables with old fireguards etc, I leave an area for my cats toilet, and I turn the ground over regularly, also, my cats are kept indoors at night, and use 2 litter trays before they go out in the morning, this summer they were great at chasing away cabbage white butterflies, and they ve been keeping a pigeon away from the purple sprouting and brussels.
last year i got rid of a couple of cat visitors by spraying white vinegar in a few areas around the perimeter fence, or you can soak rags on sticks among your veg rows, they and deer, rabbits ets hate the smell, i found it in a handy spray bottle for a quid in more than one of the discount shops, also kills dandelions in the lawn if you spray the leaves after cutting the tops off. needs re doing if it rains though. i recomend buying a vinegar book or looking it up on line as there are so many environmentally friendly uses for it in the garden or cleaning. looks like i need to go out and get spraying again as the ginger tom is back and i have not seen him until the last couple of days.
Once I had sown my veg this year, I covered my raised beds with netting. I used a load of old CDs I had collected during the year (from junk mail and weekend newspapers) to keep off both birds, foxes and cats. I took this picture soon after I have completed this bed. I think the cat was very confused as to what had happened to his rather large litter tray. It seemed to work. Once the plants were established I removed the netting but kept the CD's.
Thank you everyone for your ideas to keep cats of the veg patch. I will try some of these and see which one is best. Something has got to work, if not its back to the old pooper scooper.
I found the CD's on string worked too but I had to put a lot of them out.
I think perhaps a combination of chicken wire and water sprinkler would work best. From my experience of cats, they are very determined if they want to get somewhere and are not easily deterred. However, they HATE water and wire netting over soil makes it very awkward for them. So let's go there!!