How do I keep cats out of my flower bed?

Mary
by Mary
  3 answers
  • I put down chicken wire and covered it with a thin layer of mulch. The cats don't like it because they can't scratch without getting their claws caught. I've also heard sprinkling orange peels work, they don't like citrus.

  • To Work With My Hands To Work With My Hands on Apr 15, 2019

    Cats don't like citrus. I've used sliced lemons to keep them out of beds before. Worked great!


  • Kara Kara on Apr 16, 2019

    I have the same cat issue. Nothing has stopped my intruder so far, except something similar to the chicken wire suggestion. I bought a package a plastic netting I saw in the garden department at Walmart. It’s a giant sheet of very thin, black netting that you would put over berry bushes to keep the birds off them. I spread that out over my front landscaping, cut some hole for my plants to come through, and just anchored it down with little U shaped metal anchors. It’s so light weight that you can’t see it unless you’re looking for it, so it doesn’t detract from the appearance - and so far I haven’t cleaned up any more cat poop!