I had reason to come home early today while it was still light, so I took the opportunity to check how the battle was progressing and I have to say there is a definite improvement! (yay!) I also brought some more gorse home so was able to stock up on the defences! Looks like this could be the answer! Here's hoping!!
Cats are a pain at times, I don't hate them but them doing their business does annoy, I have a ornamental grass, its a carex I think but I always finding the cat mess right in the middle of it. I wouldn't mind when I go near the seed heads they stick to my skin and Its stings to rip them off so god knows what happens when the cat cleans itself of the seeds.
Well Chris789, I can definitely recommend anything 'spikey ' on the ground to deter them, seems to have worked a treat so far! We had considered buying a cat Logan, but decided against adding to the 'prides' of cats that seem to live in our neighbourhood!!
I had a problem with cats especially with my container plants. I solved the problem using rose branches. I didn't (and still don't) have any roses but my sister has a yard full of them. She was kind enough to give some of her clippings to me. The trick is to lay them down almost like you're trying to weave a basket. If you don't do this the cats will figure out how to push them aside. It took a few tries to get it right, but the problem eventually went away. I've since moved to an area without a cat problem, so I been spared further cat related gardening grief.
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I had reason to come home early today while it was still light, so I took the opportunity to check how the battle was progressing and I have to say there is a definite improvement! (yay!) I also brought some more gorse home so was able to stock up on the defences! Looks like this could be the answer! Here's hoping!!
Massive improvement! Looks like this could be the way to go with this particular problem!
What if you had a cat yourself, it might frighten the others away.
Cats are a pain at times, I don't hate them but them doing their business does annoy, I have a ornamental grass, its a carex I think but I always finding the cat mess right in the middle of it. I wouldn't mind when I go near the seed heads they stick to my skin and Its stings to rip them off so god knows what happens when the cat cleans itself of the seeds.
Well Chris789, I can definitely recommend anything 'spikey ' on the ground to deter them, seems to have worked a treat so far! We had considered buying a cat Logan, but decided against adding to the 'prides' of cats that seem to live in our neighbourhood!!
Doesn't work here. Water scarecrow is the only thing that does.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had a problem with cats especially with my container plants. I solved the problem using rose branches. I didn't (and still don't) have any roses but my sister has a yard full of them. She was kind enough to give some of her clippings to me. The trick is to lay them down almost like you're trying to weave a basket. If you don't do this the cats will figure out how to push them aside. It took a few tries to get it right, but the problem eventually went away. I've since moved to an area without a cat problem, so I been spared further cat related gardening grief.