WHAT is attacking my plant pots? Poltergeists? Extremely small people in hoodies? Lord Voldemort?

[madamez]

I have a paved back garden, with a few pots in it (growing herbs, lettuces, the odd courgette) and over the past few nights something has been duffing up my plants, overturning the pots and digging out the soil.
what is doing this, and how can I make it fark off?

cats? foxes? hedgehogs?

the black rabbit of inle?

I suspect the work of foxes! Slightly different problem in my garden. I forgot to put all the garden toys away one night last week, including several skipping ropes and a foam footie. When we went into the garden next day, at least 3 skipping ropes were broken and one was completely missing. The football had chunks taken out of it! I reakon its like Toy Story. When we go to bed, the foxes have a party! Sounds like you've got some ASBO foxes just waiting for you to turn the lights out!

Love the thread title

Perhaps you have offended the earth spirits!

My money's on Lord Voldermort!

What would the Dark Lord want with your herbs and salads? Get a grip woman!

garden sprites

soundslike rabbits tbh

twas dobby

Black rabbit of inle - now that takes me back My mum says it might be a squirrel. Whatever it is at least refrains from shitting in the plant pots so probably not cats.

Just for context, back garden is all paved apart from tiny border at the back with rosemary and lavender bush, high fence on one side, wire fence on other, at the back is a manky old car dump, sorry, hobbyist's garage, then the tram track, then the park. The park has owls and bats and lots of Nature but that probably doesn't legally entitle me to get a shotgun and lurk on the kitchen floor, does it?

Yeah get real you stupid woman.. ... and consult Professor Sprout!

[Lord Voldermort!!! shakes head]

You're not far off with Lord Voldemort. It'll be the work of Professor S.Quirrell, mark my words...

You could try putting rose prunings, the spikier the better, in the ground around your plants. Don't bother with pepper spray - it'll do worse things to you than to the squirrels, who only take a few days to develop a taste for Mexican food.

Squirrels.

I've had great success using small willow hoops that you can buy from garden websites - somehow they manage to deter the little furry f*ckers! They decimated my pots before I started using them.

PMSL at the title

no idea I'm afraid, squirrels sound likely

I reckon squirrels. They are either looking for nuts/bulbs or hiding them in the soil.