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The easiest humane way to keep cats out of a yard is to lay chicken wire, backed by bricks, over an estimated lot. Or sprinkle in old holly leaves, pea sticks or blackberry stalks. Where this is not possible, plant the rue around the bed. cats hate it. (Unfortunately, every other plant does the same. Rue is not a useful companion.)
It is said that cats also loathe garlic, chamomile and tagetes. And I was reliably told that prickly restharrow (Ononis spinosa) scares cats away. This tip is of course completely useless to those of us who wouldn’t know it from a bath brush.
In my experience, citronella is also a proven organic cat repellent. Spray seedbed edges with 100 drops of citronella per 1 liter of water. Reapply daily until your cats are re-educated. Orange, grapefruit, or lemon peels are easier to come by and I’ve found them to be effective as well.
Cordons made from chili oil, curry powder, garam masala and the like also deter cats. The next idea is a bit controversial. It’s also not organic. So if you’re a cat lover, I have to tread carefully (unlike my neighbor’s cats who once used my seedbed as a jogging track).
I surrounded my property with small plastic milk bottles sunk into the ground with the lids removed, each containing a few teaspoons of ammonia. It didn’t harm the cats, because nobody came closer than three meters to these pungent bottles.
A powerful repellent against cats
Another idea, if you’re not fastidious, is to put dog poop in sealed margarine tubs that are well perforated on the sides. Place them around your vegetable patch and cats won’t come close. Neither do dogs. They have a strong sense of territory and will not trespass on another dog’s “land”.
Don’t put dog, cat, or human — or other carnivore’s — droppings on the soil itself, even near inedible flowers. The residue remains in the soil and can be toxic. children to have go blind after wiping soil contaminated with faeces in their eyes.
Clay pellets impregnated with lion or tiger urine are now widely available in commerce. They are said to be almost odorless to humans and repel cats, dogs, foxes, wolves, possums, yetis and bears. But they are also well protected from prying fingers in perforated pots.
If your bird feeders are being attacked by cats, grow roses and brambles on the trees or posts that support the boxes. Or beg at your local fast food joint for a large empty keg that used to hold cooking oil and clip it into a metal collar. Two collars will gird even a large tree. Wire it about a meter off the ground, shiny finish outermost, and such a belt will protect nest boxes from cats, squirrels and little cubs. Putting it lower will prevent rabbits from chewing on trees.
Practical uses for pets in an organic garden
Small pets sometimes come in handy. For example, hair brushed from cat or dog blankets (or from horses or other hairy animals) can be placed in bean trenches to add slow-release nitrogen.
In fact, human hair swept from barber shops makes a wonderful addition to the compost bin if you’re not fussy. Suspended in net bags around orchards, it also drives away deer and wild boar as efficiently as rotten eggs. (The hydrogen sulfide released from poultry egg scraps was even more effective at deterring four-legged pests than proprietary repellents in laboratory tests.)
Culinary ways to scare away cats
Grow red hot chili peppers in your greenhouse – not to eat, because only Lucifer might enjoy them – but to grind up and soak in vegetable oil over the winter. In spring, dab this noxious paste onto strips of cardboard and place them around your seedlings or any other plant you wish to protect. Not only will cats poop, but the fiery smell will repel many insect pests.
You can also mix such an organic (but humane) nerve gas 1:5 with water mixed with dish soap, strain and spray plants infested with aphids, caterpillars and anything that crawls, twitches or flies. It kills or scares off almost everyone.
A more elegant cat repellent…
is made from a discarded plastic coke or dish soap bottle. Remove the cap. Slip in several old nylon socks, some glass or rockwool insulation, or even the foam interior of an out-of-work teddy bear. This makes a wick. Make sure the wick is tight and sticking out at the top.
Fill the bottle one-third full with your most powerful human nerve agent (see above), making sure the wick is soaked all the way to the top. Sink the bottle next to your choicest plants. The wick then spreads your cat repellent into the air.
Several of these bottles in a seedbed, regularly refilled, might even put Tom & Jerry off.
Note that the above pest control products will not harm beneficial insects, birds, or any of your pets. Unless they eat them, which they won’t. Just keep little kids away.
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