On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:04:12 GMT, "soon to be birthday girl "
wrote:

Bob Smith wrote:

For the record, our failed methods a

Paprika and white pepper sprinkled around. *I* can smell the pepper in
the
garden, so why do they still come?
Lemony cat repellant pellets.
Shouting, hissing. Running at them makes them clear off, but they come
back.


Failed methods update:

Jeyes fluid does not work.

Considering the catapult idea for a painful reminder, maybe even a pistol
crossbow for a more permanent one. The problem is catching them, wheras
deterrants are 24 hour. I will only need to catch one once to stop them
with the crossbow. This may be a problem though. A cat I and my wife have
never seen before nearly fell off the fence scrambling to get away from me.
Talk must get around.
Sooner or later cat owners will start wanting to know who is maiming or
killing their pets. At this point if you are lucky, the RSPCA will bring
a prosecution. If you are unlucky, a cat loving, slightly unhinged
person like me will set fire to your home one night while you and your
family are asleep.

Do your cats use a litter tray?
If not, why not?

Rick...

I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Just think of the distress you cause the the cats and the owners if
one of them was harmed or went missing.

As I said I love my garden but cats are living creatures so dont
forget that.

I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Just think of the distress you cause the the cats and the owners if
one of them was harmed or went missing.

As I said I love my garden but cats are living creatures so dont
forget that.

wrote in message
om...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!

I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Just think of the distress you cause the the cats and the owners if
one of them was harmed or went missing.

As I said I love my garden but cats are living creatures so dont
forget that.

I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Just think of the distress you cause the the cats and the owners if
one of them was harmed or went missing.

As I said I love my garden but cats are living creatures so dont
forget that.

wrote in message
om...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!

wrote in message
om...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:00:31 -0000, "mich"
wrote:


wrote in message
. com...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!


OK, How about if one of these
http://snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp
Crapped in your garden.
Would you get upset?

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:00:31 -0000, "mich"
wrote:


wrote in message
. com...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!


OK, How about if one of these
http://snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp
Crapped in your garden.
Would you get upset?

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:04:12 GMT, "soon to be birthday girl "
wrote:

Bob Smith wrote:

For the record, our failed methods a

Paprika and white pepper sprinkled around. *I* can smell the pepper in
the
garden, so why do they still come?
Lemony cat repellant pellets.
Shouting, hissing. Running at them makes them clear off, but they come
back.


Failed methods update:

Jeyes fluid does not work.

Considering the catapult idea for a painful reminder, maybe even a pistol
crossbow for a more permanent one. The problem is catching them, wheras
deterrants are 24 hour. I will only need to catch one once to stop them
with the crossbow. This may be a problem though. A cat I and my wife have
never seen before nearly fell off the fence scrambling to get away from me.
Talk must get around.
Sooner or later cat owners will start wanting to know who is maiming or
killing their pets. At this point if you are lucky, the RSPCA will bring
a prosecution. If you are unlucky, a cat loving, slightly unhinged
person like me will set fire to your home one night while you and your
family are asleep.

Defend this
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/cat_predation.htm
if you can....

"Rick" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:00:31 -0000, "mich"
wrote:


wrote in message
. com...
I agree. I am a very serious gardener who loves my garden to bits but
I also have a cat who I love to bits as well and if I hear of one more
**** on this news group who threatens to hurt a cat then I will
personally look them up and pay them a visit in the early hours.

Let me know the when and where if you are making nocturnal visitations (
cat burglar style) on the said ****s. I'll keep you company.


If the god of garden TV's Mr Titchmarsh can have a fantasic garden
with 2 cats then why can the rest of you not live with them.

Hear hear, most sensible thing said tonight!


OK, How about if one of these
http://snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp
Crapped in your garden.
Would you get upset?

I doubt it. Its a Maine Coon ( USA breed) and a bit delecate ( like the
burman or siamese ) and will not like outdoors.

If this is the best argument you can mount then you are getting silly and
dont deserve a response

There are biogger problems than cats - although they behave like the
smoetimes , they are called kids and they are very distructive of gardens
( including crapping in them) in my experience.

Defend this
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/cat_predation.htm
if you can....

Its a fact of nature that cats kill birds etc. just like birds eat
worms and insects, insects eat plants etc.

What responsible cat owns can do is to put a bell on the cats collar
and keep them in at night. This is reported to drastically reduce the
kill rate.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:05:09 -0000, "mich"
wrote:


I doubt it. Its a Maine Coon ( USA breed) and a bit delecate ( like the
burman or siamese ) and will not like outdoors.

Maine Coon - delicate? They're from a long line of Canadian barnyard
cats, earning their living outdoors in eastern Canada. And yes I'd
love one - or a few. Perhaps somebody would like to remind our 2
elderly Siamese that they are supposed to be delicate ;~))
btw almost all the photos I've seen of Gertrude Jeckyll's Munstead
Wood and Roy Strong's 'The Lasket' have a cat or cats in them
somewhere. The late Fred Loads (of GQT) was a cat man. Geoffrey Dutton
(remember those articles in THe RHS Garden mag aout his 'marginal'
garden in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland) His garden has cats on
the staff. We have several resident feline rabbit control operatives
on the estate payroll here.

Live and let live





Lilies



Lilies are a lovely plant,

A long-time favourite of my aunt

They flower for her every day

More so since uncle passed away

He's buried there in the bed

Since Aunt bashed him in the head



It wasn't just your normal spat

She loved lilies; he loved his cat

Every day she'd rake and hoe

Each night tht cat would boldly go

Tension grew and grew and grew

Until one day aunt's temper blew



With bulging eyes and face all red

She grabbed a shovel from the shed

And swung it like a baseball bat

She first whacked uncle, next the cat

Aunt tenderly laid them to rest

Poor Uncle and that wretched pest



She buried them real close to home

Beside the fence in sandy loam

Where Aunt sometimes will pluck a bloom

And ponder on the victims' doom

She oft regrets that it were so

But oh those lilies, how they grow



From the Diary of a Mad Gardener