On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 01:56:18 GMT, Jimmy Egan wrote:
Is there a safe and natural way to keep cats from using my nice never walked
on garden beds as a litter box ? I have tried hot pepper flakes and ammonia
without success. This is becoming a large problem. Especially when your yard
begins to smell of cat urine and feces. It is a small yard in suburban Long
Island. Any help would be appreciated as I would like the cats to never be
in my yard ... Thanks in advance ...

Ammonia is a "pee here" cue for cats and dogs. Leach the soil well,
then consider one of the commercially available repellents, or a
mulch of something stickery like pine cones, or orange peel, or even rue
(though be quite careful with rue -- it's a common skin sensitizer).