Nature and Gardening

6660 readers

1 users here now

All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

See also our Environment community, which is focused on weather, climate, climate change, and stuff like that.

(It's not mandatory, but we also encourage providing a description of your image(s) for accessibility purposes! See here for a more detailed explanation and advice on how best to do this.)

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

How to keep cats out of raised planter beds? (self.greenspace)

submitted 9 months ago by erre to c/[email protected]

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] erre 5 points 9 months ago

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.