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protect vegetables from cats?

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mamaLou13 · 18/12/2011 21:18

sorry of i sound very stupid but i am new at gardening, trying to get some ideas about growing vegetables/ plants etc to make the garden nice for the summer (and veggies for my daughter to get involved)
we have got a cat lady living next door to us, several of her cats are always in our garden and im wondering if anyone knows of something to protect the veg patch from cats pee etc (obviously i will wash them but will that be enough?)
Thanks

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inmysparetime · 21/12/2011 15:17

You're lucky if they only wee on your veggiesGrin
My neighbour's cats seem to take great pleasure from digging up seedlings and depositing poo artistically on a little mound of soil in the middle of my veg patchSad.
I encourage the DCs to chase them out of the garden, and use canes and plant pots to leave no bare patches of soil for them to "go" on.

moonmother · 21/12/2011 15:34

We fence our veggie patch off with canes and netting to stop the blighters dear pussy cats.

We also put a layer of netting over the top to stop them jumping in and out.

If we're growing beans/peas etc we wait until the beans are high enough to go through the top of the netting then leave a small gap for the veggies to grow through, but not big enough for the cats to get in through.

We've found that's the only thing that works , oh that and the sprinkler we set right by the veggie patch, if the cats sit anywhere near the patch we turn the tap on and blast them Grin.

I do love cats, honestly, but do not want them going to the toilet all over my lovely veg.

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