F**king Cats, How can I stop them killing everything?

[Nymphadora]

Next door but ones cat is constantly using my garedn as a cut through/toilet. I have canes up all over as its less likely to use those bits as a toilet but its getting ridiculous.
So far in the last week I have lost 4 strawberry plants (knocked over my wall into next door-empty house) , loads of sweet peas (dd1 had planted them out the day before and they were all scratted up) and my beetroot that had just come up.

Just caught it knocking some more plants off the wall.We squirt it with water when we get chance but usually are too late.

Any suggestions?

The best way is to get your own cat, then they'll keep off his territory. Other than that, I've never worked out how.

Out of the question, I'm v allergic!

Was hoping new neighbors dog would keep them away but its never outin the garden as it goes for us through the fence

Plastic bottles as cloches? You can apparently put citronella or mint essence along the walls as they don't like the smell and that may keep them out. I used to have a thing that emitted a noise that humans couldn't hear but not sure if you can get them any more

Refer to the ?I. Bloody. Hate. Cats. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggg... below...

I have tonnes of mint plants around one of my beds and that was used regularly!

Clouches only work while the plants are small too. These are decent size plants that are getting dug up

I'd go the avoidance route and plant loads of nepeta far away from the area you don't want trashed.eg. if the special area is the middle of the garden, plant nepeta at the far corners.

Apparently they hate the smell of mothballs. Haven't tried it though. I put upside down plastic plant pots over freshly dug soil to keep my cat off, and she keeps the rest of the neighbourhood cats out.

I have netting round the veg beds, as much for the birds as the neighbour's cat (MY cat never goes there).

You're going to have to net the strawberries anyway, and give the peas something to climb up, so you might as well net the whole thing now.

BTW, are you quite sure it's a cat, if it's decent sized plants being dug up?

Get a Pit Bull LOL

Grendelsmum- I've seen the cat scratting!