how can i keep cats away from my garden (ive used sprays etc) no good!?
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Citrus peel, any, oranges, lemons grapefruit, any. But don't "peel" it, cut them like you would apple ..it needs the cut for that acidity to come out. They wont hurt your soil, it smells good and cats can't stand the smell. I use it on my kitchen counters in a small decorative dish also.
Moth balls work, but it's gross smell for humans too
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try placing mothballs around your garden, I had the same problem with pests getting in my garden (rattlesnakes, dogs, rats, cats, etc.) no living thing can stand the smell of mothballs
try placing mothballs around your garden, I had the same problem with pests getting in my garden (rattlesnakes, dogs, rats, cats, etc.) no living thing can stand the smell of mothballs
Kill one and put it's head on a spike as a warning to the others.
There are organic critter repellants at the hardware store. I use them to rid my yard of chipmunks and rabbits and it seems to work. It's like orange goo, and you have to reapply it every time it rains, but it works.
Try to use cayenne pepper. You know animals sense in smell are 10x better than ours.
mothballs, but you will have to keep replacing them frequently
i am a dog lover.....so i would put a dog house next to where the problem is and let the dog scare away the pus.sy kat
While Citrus oils, cayenne pepper and such will keep cats out of your garden, unfortunately you have to keep applying it every time it rains.
The best thing I've found is Coco Bean Mulch. A left over product from coco bean production, it smells like chocolate. It is very light, but when you put it down, and wet it, it forms a mat that is difficult for weeds to get through (a harmless fungus grows through it and increases the mat effect). In addition, every cat that has ever visited my gardens since I put it down hates the smell and the texture and stay away. I had some cats that seemed to like leaving deposits in my grass, but I crushed some of the shells, and spread the dust over the grass where it settled down and was invisible, and cats no longer even come into the garden. It seems to work for a long time; I haven't put any new mulch down for a year. My daughter uses it, and her cat only stays in the garden long enough to go in and out the door.
Unfortunately you do have to keep dogs away from it, as they like the smell and will eat it, and in large amounts, it is poisonous to them, just like chocolate is.
Pee in a bottle and spray it around the perimeter. Some old-timers swear by it. Also keeps away dogs, raccoons, possums. They mark their territory; if you mark it, they will respect it.
Probably don't want to apply straight from the source, you can get arrested in some places for that.