Keeping cats out of the garden?
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But how will that help to keep cats out of the garden by having one live there?
Some plants and herbs, like Rosemary, will deter them. Try that.
Whilst we have two cats we do have the odd cat in our garden, I think the usual one is from miserable John next door, our cat's favourite spot for snoozing the day away is just over the 'fence' on miserable John's raised patio along the side of the house. We have the odd turds in the veggy pastch or flower beds, certainly I've seen ours do their business there, but I imagine they go elsewhere too.
We don't like cats. We don't mind as long as they don't come into our garden and mess the grass. I just wish our neighbour would keep them in their own house, but they seem let them out first thing in the morning. The problem of messing was quite bad in our garden, but I planted barrier plants all around the grass, and they have grown blocking them, so it is a lot better. I can still see them trying to enter for any chance. I chase them away with water spray.
It all depends on your luck with your house and the neighbourhood. We have lived 4-5 different houses in 36 - 7 years here, and never had cat problems before - no one kept cats. But this current house we live, the next door neighbour have 2 cats, and they have been problematic. I am sure there are some more households with cats at the back of our garden, and sometimes they used to come in for the business too.
The holly bush cut offs laid on the paths definitely deter them. These lying on the paths make look the garden untidy, but it is something that we have to live with afraid.
It all depends on your luck with your house and the neighbourhood. We have lived 4-5 different houses in 36 - 7 years here, and never had cat problems before - no one kept cats. But this current house we live, the next door neighbour have 2 cats, and they have been problematic. I am sure there are some more households with cats at the back of our garden, and sometimes they used to come in for the business too.
The holly bush cut offs laid on the paths definitely deter them. These lying on the paths make look the garden untidy, but it is something that we have to live with afraid.
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A few well aimed bricks when they appear ( to miss them) will eventually give them the message as it would you if you went down a certain road and always got beat up
No he's miserable John.
My mate had this problem about 35 years ago and read that the shît of a larger animal would keep them away. The circus was on Wanstead flats at the time so he went over and got a load of tiger/lion shît and spread it around his garden. It kept everything away including his friends and family. When I went round there, I could smell it in the street even before going into his house and worse that that, he had just simply shovelled it directly into the back of his Ford Escort estate to transport it! He never got rid of the smell of shît from that car.
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