Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work only to
find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and left a small
package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

TIA
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Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work only to
find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and left a small
package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

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"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
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Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work only to
find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and left a small
package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil or
buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Just Molly bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil
or buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Thanks for that ....

Where do u get mothballs from :-S

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:09:32 +0100, "Mcploppy ©"
wrote:


Just Molly bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil
or buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Thanks for that ....

Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
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Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

martin bashed at the keyboard and said:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:09:32 +0100, "Mcploppy ©"
wrote:


Just Molly bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in
message ...
Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up
and left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil
or buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Thanks for that ....

Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

lol

Harry12 bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©"
Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

Ok where can u buy them from :-)

Mcploppy © wrote in message
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Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work only to
find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and left a small
package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

TIA
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Thompson & Morgan sell a "scaredy cat plant" correctly known as Coleus
Canina. It's odour is apparently intolerable to cats, rabbits and
presumably .. judging by the name .. dogs too.
Cats also hate the rue plant, Ruta graveolens, but be careful if you use it
as it has very irritant sap.
Spider

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:57:31 +0100, "Mcploppy ©"
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Harry12 bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©"
Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

Ok where can u buy them from :-)

Boots??

Spider bashed at the keyboard and said:

Mcploppy © wrote in message
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Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

TIA
--
McPloppy ©

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Thompson & Morgan sell a "scaredy cat plant" correctly known as Coleus
Canina. It's odour is apparently intolerable to cats, rabbits and
presumably .. judging by the name .. dogs too.
Cats also hate the rue plant, Ruta graveolens, but be careful if you
use it as it has very irritant sap.
Spider

Thanks for the advice :-)

"Just Molly" wrote in
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"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
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Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil


In pots and troughs, planting small pyramids of twigs works well. 6-8
twigs maybe 6in tall, wire together at the top, plant bottom in compost -
spiky thing that is uncomfortable for cat bottoms, and makes a sort of
loose 'cage' for your plants to grow through/over.

With luck, you only need to discourage them for a bit - once the compost
has settled down and the plants grown up, it will be less attractive to
them, but once they're in the habit, it's harder to stop.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

Cats pay no attention to my ruta graveolens. They hate the coffee grinds
that I put on the soil though.
Caroline

Cats also hate the rue plant, Ruta graveolens, but be careful if you use
it
as it has very irritant sap.
Spider

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Just Molly bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
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Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil
or buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Thanks for that ....

Where do u get mothballs from :-S


Well first you catch yer moff, then with a pair of teeny tiny likkle
scissors you...........
or you go to somewhere like woolworf who I think does them.

"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:09:32 +0100, "Mcploppy ©"
wrote:


Just Molly bashed at the keyboard and said:

"Mcploppy ©" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

First time posting here.....

I have built some troughs in my garden and planted them out
yesterday.

Got up this morning popped outside to have a look at my handy work
only to find that a cat had been in one of the troughs dug it up and
left a small package to say it had been there.

How can I keep the cats out !!!

You can place mothballs in the troughs, or orange peel, or olbas oil
or buy some of the branded 'pet off' crystals etc.

Thanks for that ....

Where do u get mothballs from :-S

Moths?

I didn't know that Moths could dance?!