"Frogleg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:28:24 -0000, "Martin Sykes"
wrote:

Not wishing to reopen one of the perennial favourites in urg but...

A couple of months ago, I finally got round to cutting back the herbs in
my
herb patch - rosmary, thyme, sage, lavender etc. Being lazy and my
compost
bins being full, I just threw it all on my other veg beds for the worms
to
deal with. Anyway, since then the neighbours cats haven't done their
business on my veg beds once!

It looks neater than the big prickly sticks and smells *a lot* nicer than
renardine.

According to some, cats are repelled by certain odors. Citrus and
eucalyptus oils are supposed to be deterrents. Of course, cats' like
humans' tastes vary.

We have found the pot trays we use for holding small pots good for deterring
cats, they are on short legs and you can cover the veg bed with them, they
make it impossible to dig they can either be left or removed once crops are
bigger. (LBS sell them)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. (and reluctant owner of 4 cats!)
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)