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Ornata · 18-11-2004, 12:05 PM

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Hi everyone, this is my first postibg and ive never used this service
before, so apologise if thuis question has been aske a thousand times.
I have recently dug up my front lawn and replaced it with decorative
chippings and some grasses due to the fact that my lawn was always
covered in Cats mess, i tried everything from garlic to curry/chilli
powderand lots of garden centre products. to my horror this morning i
have found another very large deposit right in the middle of my new
(and very nice looking may i add) garden. Can anybody please help(
other than the usual boot up the A**e advice) i may have to shoot the
thing soon JOKE.

It is quite obvious that you will never-ever defeat the cat or the cat
owner. You are left with a small selection of "fixes" for the problem. (1)
dispose of the cat (2) dispose of the cat owner. (3) Live with it. (4)
construct and maintain a unit that the cat likes to crap in. That keeps it
in one place and cleanup is not very difficult. It also makes option (1)
easier to accomplish.

Or how about just planting the area up so thickly that the cat has nowhere to squat? (although admittedly it makes getting in there to do any gardening a bit of a challenge, too). Plant lots of herbs (thyme, rosemary, lavendar, etc.) that do well in gravel. Also spiky things like Eryngiums. Or do they shit all over your plants as well as the gravel?