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  • Re: My cat crapping solution

    From Rust Buckett@3:633/10 to All on Friday, August 07, 2026 18:41:46
    T <T@invalid.invalid> writes:

    Hi All,

    I am letting my garlic bed rest for the season before planting peppers
    or cucumbers in it next season.

    My bed it about 6' long by 14" wide. And recessed about 1" below
    level so water won't run off.

    Problem: this presents a lovely toilet for the neighborhood cats.
    Soft soil and all. And the neighborhood coyotes have been falling
    down on the job lately.

    In the past, I have been putting tooth picks in the soil, but they
    decompose and it is back to cat crap. Cayenne pepper decomposes
    and/or washes away.

    Here is my (next) solution:

    Cat do not like walking on chicken wire, and I can roll it up when I
    want:

    SATINIOR Chicken Wire Fencing 13.7 x 80 Inches Chicken Wire Frame Mesh
    for Floral Arrangements Fence Garden Poultry Netting Galvanized
    Hexagonal Metal Roll for Craft Work Garden (Green)

    And a few stainless steel landscape staples (not 200 million)

    Atlantic Stainless Steel Landscape Staples Garden
    Stakes. (4"-Square-10pcs)

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G24Q756H

    Here kitty, kitty!

    -T

    I do not crap on your lawn, don't send your animals to crap on mine!



    We've used 2x4 welded wire (more open than chicken wire) for the same
    reason. We even experimented with planting with the wire fencing still
    in place with mixed results. Whatever the planting results, the cats
    stopped crapping in the beds.

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