Our neighborhood has a cat problem which means my garden has a cat problem. I’ve read online that some people spread chilli powder on their soil to keep cats away but I’d really rather not do that.
Hopefully it’s a common enough problem that someone here has found a better solution. Help please!
Look at the bright side: you don’t have a cat problem, you have a cockroach, mice, and bird solution… 🙃
But seriously, the only long lasting way I’ve seen to keep cats away from anywhere, is to have a dog. Add some sacrificial bushes, or bushy plants like peonias, where a cat can hide from the dog, and you’ll have the rest of the garden cat free.
Source: I’ve tried to keep cats from jumping a terrace wall for the last 20 years, and after dozens of iterations, had to accept that unless you turn the whole area into a cage, the ones who don’t get fat and high on catnip, will find a way.
I have chickens too… and no mice! 😄
I might just have to make it physically impossible for them to do their business near the veggies, might not be pretty though.