Stupid cats!!!

[nachoqtpie]

So... in the last couple of weeks I have noticed that a neighborhood cat has been using our raised garden beds as a litter box.
Every time I see the cat out there I let the dogs out in the back yard, and 3 dogs RACING for the fence does a pretty good job of keep them away for a couple of days.

Anybody have any tips for just simply keeping them out of the garden?

 

[lesa]

Have you tried laying chicken wire on top of, or just under the dirt. They don't like to dig on the metal.

 

[nachoqtpie]

We haven't tried that... but, I'm thinking I might have to!

We gotta do something....

 

[Greenthumb18]

I'm actually having the same problem you're having nachoqtpie!
I have an area of the garden that has wheat growing and theirs a cat that goes into my garden just to poop on my wheat bed.
Maybe its a cat thing to do that.
I'm not sure what will keep them out maybe put some hot pepper around the planting bed or perhaps a fence.

 

[catjac1975]

Get some bobcat urine or coyote urine. A good feed store will have it. Terrified my cats.

 

[Hensinthegarden]

I hate it when they do that.
We had a cat in the garden spraying my bean plants.
I had just picked beans and was at the sink rinsing them to cook.
We knew who the cat belonged to so DH took all the "fresh" beans to that neighbor as a "gift".

This will be my first year with a garden since then. We are putting up a pergola and fencing the whole thing with chicken wire. row

 

[Sprinkler Buddy]

Try placing a sprinkler head on a motion activated sensor. There are a few different products like this used for this purpose on the market. One is called Scare Crow.

 

[Sprinkler Buddy]

This might work

 

[Casa de la Luna]

This might work

http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/uploads/8815_cat.jpg

I agree, the scare crow works well but you need 2 or more to face all directions. For small beds the spikes used to keep birds from roosting on buildings also works for other animals (toss a heavy piece of heavy material or leather over them when working on your beds).

http://www.nixalite.com/nixalitemodels.aspx