Cats

[Incy]

We use chicken wire. Seems pretty effective.

[ginger ninger]

Lion Dung is said to be great at stopping kitties from pooping in ya veg patch. I can see why...there not going to come in if they think something THAT size is living there . I have plastic coated mesh to stop Jinny from pooping in my raised beds. Failing that... a cat of your own, there brill at stopping other cat's from coming & pooping in your garden.

[Bren In Pots]

My veg beds are covered with netting and for plants that sprawl like courgettes and strawberries I cover the bed with weed suppressant then plant through that.

[Rabidbun]

High netting all the way around the beds works for me (canes and FIGO frame connectors are doing ok with my beds this year), possibly one of those ScareCrow cat repellers (motion detector attached to a hose, though expensive). Other than that, have had luck re-using those metal grids that come with the blowaways over the veggies (they grow through and cats hate standing on them). Those do get rusty after a while though.

The rest of the repellers (and I have tried all of them apart from mothballs (toddler) over the last two years) only worked for a while or for a few of the 20 we've got in our road. They're persistent too - the latest cat pooed on one of the plates I had on the beds to prevent access to the soil.

[smc999]

Plastic coated chicken wire put up with canes works perfectly. Keeps my cat off and the neighbours cats off mine (see pic below).

[Florence Fennel]

I use chicken wire with canes and like Rabidbun I am using recycled shelving from the blowaways that blew away. I never had any cats while I had my dogs, but that deterrent is not now an option.

[Glutton4...]

I noticed that our neighbour's Cats no longer prowl our garden. Must be something to do with Oscar being here. Our old Cat is very happy at their disappearance, as am I, because it means she has stopped fighting them!

[Two_Sheds]

Cats will usually only poop on bare soil - once your plants are growing they go somewhere else. Always try to keep your earth covered, either with plants or with netting

I don't hoe or weed maniacally like my neighbours do, I only clear ground when I am going to immediately plant it up again

[cptncrackoff]

I was told that the secret to stopping cats coming into your garden is to make it really hard for them to get out again. If they struggle to get out they will think twice about getting in.

This year I have mader frames to go over all my raised beds, old wood and chicken wire, its quite good looking for a novice. They really do not like walking on wire mesh.

Other than that I have tried the 'pee off' plant but I found I needed a plant everywhere or they would just find a spot with no plants ang go there.

[SarzWix]

My cats have 2 places that I know they use in my garden, behind trees in both corners - I deliberately dump my spent compost there for them to use. I have no idea if they go in anyone else's garden, but have had a word with my nearest neighbours and offered to buy them SuperSoakers specifically to use on my cats. They declined, so I assume they aren't causing a problem...

[mrpaulbradley]

I now have netting over all my beds. Took a bit of doing. Expecting to hear howling soon from the darkness as I'm pretty sure the moginator jumps onto said beds from the fence and I envisage the mother of all tangles!
The kids are quite gutted that I'm not going down the super-soaker route.
I on the other hand am not. I'm too easy a target.

[northepaul]

rose bush cuttings, holly etc...worked very well in my front garden flower beds...until they started just going on the grass bold as you like!! (My neighbour has 13 cats!!)

[Rabidbun]

Ouch, 13 of them!

There's not enough super soakers in the world for that one!

[cyllo]

I got the same problem from cats too. Since then, I put orange peels outside, well, any citroen fruit peels. Then cover soil with newspaper if it is not in use or put twigs vertical on soil. Rarely get any now.

[oldie]

When I first moved to this house my neighbour had 17 cats. I got an ex-racing greyhound and they very rarely ventured into my garden after that. Neighbour got the message and gradually moved them on to other homes and only has one now.