Cats on my plot

[rogesse]

My own cat is the worst culprit despite having a litter tray, but at least she's too nervy to leave her own garden so my neighbours don't hate me!

Sadly she found the Coleus I bought really interesting......(she's a bit mad).

I have the cats in the greenhouse problem and foxes (I found ticks ) so I like Chris's design.

[Marc]

Buy a dog. It will keep them on distance...

[Incy]

It has worked for us and although our cats do use the beds when empty, the volume is hugely reduced now the other million local cats are going elsewhere. Almost every house round here has a minimum of 1 cat but more often a lot more so it was a real problem before.
All our cats arrived as kittens and as older cats tend to leave young ones alone it gave them a chance to establish their territory without any fighting being required.

[bishop]

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[VampireJack]

Being an animal lover I really don't want to do anything that would harm the cats (yes, they can be pests, but can be very loving also) so I would never use chili powder or mothballs.
What worked for me last year (although it was a little unsightly, but was worth the hassle) was just laying bamboo canes between my rows of veg, both horizontally and vertically (flat against the ground - not upwards towards the sky!) in a noughts and crosses like design. If you can slightly raise them (balanced on bricks for example) more the better. The closer you can manage to have them to each other the better.
It did the trick, and really wasn't that expensive to do. Seems that if the cat tries to walk on them they can roll over which will (in my experience) scare them off.
Maybe throw some citrus peel on the plot too, but try and chop finely as it may give slugs a nice warm home.....

I also tried netting above my plot, but then I caught next doors pesky cat jumping onto it, balancing precariously and taking a dump.
I'm certain it flipped me off one on it's way out of the garden. So, not too successful - although to be fair, the netting wasn't very high so maybe was my own fault.