How do I prevent a cat from going in garden and peeing?
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Hi Edita,
To start with if these are not feral cats, talk to their owners and let them know what their kitty has been doing to your garden.
If they are feral then there are a couple of things you can do to stop this behavior:
I would try to stay away from the mothball as a repellent, it is a chemical which would be released in your garden. A clear danger to children thinking it is candy (although it smells bad) and you really do not want to have your plants root system take this up and go onto the vege's
Try moth balls
I used moth balls. It worked.
Moth balls keep them out!
Cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes.
Clove oil, tea tree oil, orange oil, crushed moth balls, cayenne peoper will all repel cats. Rue plants and rue oil are very effective.