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How to keep cats out of raised planter beds? (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by erre@programming.dev to c/greenspace

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Our neighborhood has a cat problem which means my garden has a cat problem. I've read online that some people spread chilli powder on their soil to keep cats away but I'd really rather not do that.

Hopefully it's a common enough problem that someone here has found a better solution. Help please!

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[–] erre@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh! Tree nets! I'm going to look into that. I was thinking chicken wire but it would be a bit of a hassle to deal with imagined. The little bird is a little worrying but probably a rare thing, hopefully 😅

[–] downloadingcheese 3 points 8 months ago

If you weave some pieces of ribbon into the netting, it should help make it more visible to the birds so they know to fly around it