Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many, have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick ground
coverage?

TIA

ff.

"flower faerie" wrote:
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to
get rid of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give
quick ground coverage?
----
Try dangling a few CD disks around the plot. I had the same problem with my
open plan front garden until I tried the dangling CD deterrent.
Tiscali, AOL and Orange start-up disks work wonders, at least they do
in my front garden!

MikeCT

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:03:07 +0100, "flower faerie"
wrote and included this (or some of this):

Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many, have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick ground
coverage?


Water in some quite dilute Jeyes Fluid, they hate it.

Not too strong, mind you, strong Jeyes can kill cats and you only want
to deter, don't you?

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

On Apr 16, 3:03 pm, "flower faerie" wrote:
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many, have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick ground
coverage?

TIA

ff.

I came across something called "kitty scat" or such, in my local
garden centre some time ago. It is the name given to Ruta Graveolens,
which is apparently an efficient deterrent. I cannot recommend it up
or down, as I have no experience of it. But maybe someone else here
does?

Cat(h)

"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:03:07 +0100, "flower faerie"
wrote and included this (or some of this):

Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?


Water in some quite dilute Jeyes Fluid, they hate it.

Not too strong, mind you, strong Jeyes can kill cats and you only want
to deter, don't you?


Do you know if Jeyes if harmful to plants? Not that we have any there at the
moment

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:44:07 +0100, "flower faerie"
wrote and included this (or some of this):


"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:03:07 +0100, "flower faerie"
wrote and included this (or some of this):

Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?


Water in some quite dilute Jeyes Fluid, they hate it.

Not too strong, mind you, strong Jeyes can kill cats and you only want
to deter, don't you?


Do you know if Jeyes if harmful to plants? Not that we have any there at the
moment


Stick a teaspoonful in a gallon of water and slosh it about on the
soil. That won't harm plants and it will break down over a few weeks.
Technically its supposed to be illegal but I suppose you could put
some seed trays down to be sterilised and sort of accidentally spill a
bit or even pour some on the surrounding stonework.
Hard-surface sterilisation is not prohibited after all.


--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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On Apr 16, 3:03 pm, "flower faerie" wrote:
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?

TIA

ff.

I came across something called "kitty scat" or such, in my local
garden centre some time ago. It is the name given to Ruta Graveolens,
which is apparently an efficient deterrent. I cannot recommend it up
or down, as I have no experience of it. But maybe someone else here
does?

Cat(h)

I have no cat scarring experience with Ruta Graveolens (Common Rue) but the
sap is extremely nasty to humans and can cause severe burns and
photosensitise the skin--much the same as Hogweed.

On Apr 16, 6:40 pm, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message

oups.com...

On Apr 16, 3:03 pm, "flower faerie" wrote:
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?

TIA

ff.

I came across something called "kitty scat" or such, in my local
garden centre some time ago. It is the name given to Ruta Graveolens,
which is apparently an efficient deterrent. I cannot recommend it up
or down, as I have no experience of it. But maybe someone else here
does?

Cat(h)

I have no cat scarring experience with Ruta Graveolens (Common Rue) but the
sap is extremely nasty to humans and can cause severe burns and
photosensitise the skin--much the same as Hogweed.

Ouch. Only one thing for it, then... lion poo...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/1898645.stm

Cat(h)

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have no cat scarring experience with Ruta Graveolens (Common Rue) but
the
sap is extremely nasty to humans and can cause severe burns and
photosensitise the skin--much the same as Hogweed.

Ouch. Only one thing for it, then... lion poo...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/1898645.stm

Cat(h)


I haven't read the info on your link...... but if there was lion poo on my
garden I would stay well clear!!!!

On Apr 17, 7:47 am, "Space" wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message

ups.com...

I have no cat scarring experience with Ruta Graveolens (Common Rue) but
the
sap is extremely nasty to humans and can cause severe burns and
photosensitise the skin--much the same as Hogweed.

Ouch. Only one thing for it, then... lion poo...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/1898645.stm

Cat(h)

I haven't read the info on your link...... but if there was lion poo on my
garden I would stay well clear!!!!

That's the idea.

Cat(h)

"flower faerie" wrote in message
...
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?


Hebes, berberis{sp?} and those spreading junipers will all give a spiky
surface if that helps.
--
Rhiannon_s
Due to it's large carbon footprint the light at the end of the tunnel has
been turned off.

I have a similar problem, and I wanted to plant some seeds to get some
flowers/colour this summer. Of course, as soon as you have dug over the
soil, made it nice and fine etc., it becomes a perfect cat-bog and attracts
the little buggers! In the time it takes for the plants to grow, they've
been destroyed.

I bought some of that fine very fine plastic mesh from the garden centre -
it's about 80p a metre, comes as a rope-type thingy and is pretty wide when
you open it out - and spread that loosely across the new area. Cats won't
go on it and it also seems to stops birds etc. picking at the new seeds. So
far, so good, although I haven't seen any sign of germination yet, which is
another story.

Barb


"Rhiannon S" wrote in message
...

"flower faerie" wrote in message
...
Outside the front of our house we have a raised bed. The previous owners
never bothered with it and now the local cats, of which there are many,
have
gotten used to using it as a toilet. What can I do (if anything) to get
rid
of the cats? What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick
ground
coverage?


Hebes, berberis{sp?} and those spreading junipers will all give a spiky
surface if that helps.
--
Rhiannon_s
Due to it's large carbon footprint the light at the end of the tunnel has
been turned off.

"Barb" wrote in message
...
I have a similar problem, and I wanted to plant some seeds to get some
flowers/colour this summer. Of course, as soon as you have dug over the
soil, made it nice and fine etc., it becomes a perfect cat-bog and attracts
the little buggers! In the time it takes for the plants to grow, they've
been destroyed.

I bought some of that fine very fine plastic mesh from the garden centre -
it's about 80p a metre, comes as a rope-type thingy and is pretty wide
when you open it out - and spread that loosely across the new area. Cats
won't go on it and it also seems to stops birds etc. picking at the new
seeds. So far, so good, although I haven't seen any sign of germination
yet, which is another story.


Maybe the mesh and some jeyes fluid is the way to go...


ff

flower faerie writes

"Barb" wrote in message
...
I have a similar problem, and I wanted to plant some seeds to get some
flowers/colour this summer. Of course, as soon as you have dug over the
soil, made it nice and fine etc., it becomes a perfect cat-bog and attracts
the little buggers! In the time it takes for the plants to grow, they've
been destroyed.

I bought some of that fine very fine plastic mesh from the garden centre -
it's about 80p a metre, comes as a rope-type thingy and is pretty wide
when you open it out - and spread that loosely across the new area. Cats
won't go on it and it also seems to stops birds etc. picking at the new
seeds. So far, so good, although I haven't seen any sign of germination
yet, which is another story.


Maybe the mesh and some jeyes fluid is the way to go...

If you're using the mesh, I wouldn't bother with the Jeyes.

Short sticks stick into the ground about 4 inches apart worked well for
me.
--
Kay

...What can I plant to both deter the cats and give quick ground
coverage?

a fast growing, spreading ground cover type prickly rose?

--
Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)