How to keep kitties out of garden?

There are those pet and wild animal sprays,but I have thrown down rhubarb leaves and left for a couple of days and that did the trick for raccoons on a deck. I've also used old mouse traps to scare them as I haven't caught anything other than mice when I've hidden them in planters but I no longer have plants pulled out of pots. You could also plant some ornamental onion or garlic as most wild critters don't seem to like the smell.

You could try sprinkling "Blood Meal" around the surface. It smells bad and they do not like it. I have also heard of folk using paprika and sprinkling that around the garden.

Moth balls!!!!

Hi Cynthia,

Here's an article with some ideas that might help you. Wishing you the best.

https://davidsuzuki.org/queen-of-green/keep-cats-garden/

Sprinkle finely ground black or red pepper around your mulch... It does the same thing to cats, rabbits and squirrels that it does to you and me - it irritates their mucus membranes. Once you out it down, they will seek other areas. We also use ground pepper to keep critterss out of our trash cans. You'll need to refresh the pepper after it rains.

used coffee grounds, lemon and or orange peels. If that doesn't work, get a motion activated deterrent. None of these methods harm the cats.

Feral cats can bring a number of diseases into your property. Best to call animal control and have them removed.