Cat Poo!

If you are growing beans and courgettes raise them in pots and then plant them out. This will mean that you do not need a fine cat attractive seedbed. Cats prefer dry soil. If you can keep the soil damp they do not usually use it

Actually, I have been growing mine in pots--I'm thinking of planting them out in the next week or so (hence my concern about the poop now).  That's really interesting about the damp soil--I'll have to test that one this week, because if it works on my cats, then I won't need to worry about anything else.

I plan to let my runners go up an arch, so I don't know how effective mesh would be on something like that....but I'm definitely bearing it in mind if all else fails.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. 

Quote from: Salmo on May 16, 2009, 10:52

Cats prefer dry soil. If you can keep the soil damp they do not usually use it

Try telling our little *cats that! Twiggy sticks don't seem to stop them if they're determined enough either. 

I caught Yogi, just in time I might add...  digging around in my bag of compost, looking for a nice smelly damp place to poo...

The only thing that we've found that works, is to net the area off..and try not to leave any gaps the the little tykes will find one if it's there...