The cat’s meow
June 1st, 2006I had a nice garden.
Notice the past tense of that statement.
I had a nice garden, not because my nice garden was ruined by squirrels or rabbits or birds. It was ruined by neighborhood cats. People’s pets have been using my garden as their personal kitty litter. It wouldn’t be so bad if they just dug up my plants. I can put them in pots and move them out of the garden beds. Or you can line your garden beds with aluminium foil (Don’t laugh, this was my first attempt to keep both the cats and the aliens out of my vegetable garden). But when you walk outside and all of your potted plants AND your garden smell like cat piss, you begin to think about taking matters into your own hands. I am going to have a hard enough time getting things to grow back there, I don’t need cat urine to get in the way.
Anyone out there have any suggestions on how to solve this problem? It isn’t that I dislike cats. I just dislike cat pee on my vegetables. And any of your suggestions are probably a thousand times more humane than any of the methods I am thinking of.
p.s. If you can’t help me come up with good solutions, can you at least tell me some good ways to get rid of dead cat bodies?
You can totally take some of my cat poop. The stench alone will detract cats, small rodents - well actually everything.
Don’t you miss living with Juliet?
By Sheesha, on 06/01/06 at 6:09 pmI saw some plants at my local garden center that claim they keep cats out of the garden. I bought one that rabbits don’t like and so far, so good.
You can also spray your garden area with a mix of cayenne pepper powder and water, which cats generally hate the smell of. I’ve heard moth balls work, too.
By mac, on 06/02/06 at 5:46 amFour words… high school biology class. I know a guy….
By PSU roomie, on 06/05/06 at 11:37 am