permaculture

[John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>]

Aloha,

> > > what can you do to deter cats from doing their needs on your garden soil

> When I lived & gardened in Sydney I had a serious cat-pooing problem -
> solved it by buying a few packets of long bamboo kebab skewers and stuck
> them pointy end up in between plants and next to young seedings. Spaced them
> about 15cm ( 6 inches) apart.

Similar worked for me in Seattle some years ago.
I just used twigs and small sticks from around the yard, poked them into 
the soil of my garden beds so they stuck up a ways and didn't leave any 
spaces large enough for a cat to get on the bed without bumping the sticks.
It seems they won't crap anywhere there's not already enough 
unobstructed space for them to drop and cover it - that is, they won't 
push aside even flimsy little twigs stuck in the ground to clear such a 
space.
Worked for me anyhow...

cheers,
John S.

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