I think it mostly started when I was a little girl, anyone who knows my mother knows that she hates cats too, she has a phobia when it comes to cats. Growing up I never really liked them, something about cats CREEP me out a little, but I did hate them.
Then I had a neighbor move in next door, she had 10 cats. Yes, 10 cats! She kept them inside with her during the day, but at nights she let them roam. Now one would wonder why I would be so opposed to 10 cats wandering around at night, it isn’t like I would see them, right? (BTW, NONE OF THEM WERE “FIXED” SO WE DEFINATLY HEARD THEM AT NIGHT) Well, I didn’t see them, however, they all decided that my flower beds would make a great litter box, and I smelled them!! I am a lover of gardens and gardening, especially my flower beds, and it really ticked me off that every time I went to work in my flower beds I was digging in their potty! That is when I started to hate cats!
Luckly cat lady moved away after a couple of years, and the amount of cats roaming my yard went way, way down, almost to manageable levels. I would have the occasional cat bug my rabbits, but it wasn’t TOO bad. Until now. I have my beautiful garden boxes, all ready and planted, for the past three nights the neighborhood cats have decided that once again I am the provider of litter boxes. ARGH!!!! They have dug up my garden boxes. So now I have three boxes full of cat poop, and seeds scattered all over! Needless to say, I am mad! So, so stinking, cat-kicking mad! So today, I will be covering my garden boxes with “floating row cover cloth” and chicken wire so I can keep the
All I can say is NASTY! I hate cats too, and have never had them doing their business in my garden!
Oh my heck! I would be so stinking mad. I cannot even stand to look at the things let a lone if they were ruining my garden. You have every right to be cat kickin’ mad!
Oh that stinks. I’m not a cat lover, although we have one that I do love, but I am a FIRM believer that if people are going to have animals, they need to be responsible and keep them in their own yards. I HATE all the cats that run our neighborhood. I hope you get the problem solved soon.
Yuck, I hate cats too!
I’ve heard that if you put pepper in a sandbox the cats hate the smell of it and will leave it along. I have a sister-in-law that swears by it. I wonder if that would work in a garden too?
Pepper….I am SO trying that tonight! Thanks Tif!
Holy cats! I would be outside with BD’s bb gun for sure. Cats are NOT my favorite things..but in my garden? YUCK. Tuff keeps them away…maybe you NEED a dog!
I’ve also heard the pepper thing. You just dump a nice layer of black pepper all over the top of your garden and flower beds, and they stay away. Blasted poop machines!