How can i keep wild cats away from my yard!!!!?

i recently moved into the city and am trying to "fix" my backyard...it is a city size yard, surrounded by concrete block walls. i notice stray cats wandering on top of the wall all the time. last week i put my peat pots outside, hoping my baby plants would enjoy the sun....when i came home from work, they were destroyed!!!! it looked as if something sat in the middle of the tray and went crazy...my boyfriend said its probably the carzy city squirrels...well, this morning i put 5 pots containing jade plants outside to get some sun....when i came home from work, i went outback to find all but one of the pots containing nothing but dirt! my plants were on the porch on top of one of my benches. the roots were all gone and there were bite marks on the leaves. my christmas cacti on the other hand, was left untouched. was it the cats? or the crazy squirrels?...what cheap thing can i do to stop this....barbed wire on top of the cement wall? i cant plant anything till i fix this

How can i keep wild cats away from my yard!!!!?
I think maybe take 4- 4x4 posts and make a square or rectangulare frame. make it the size of your backyard, it sounds small enough where it might not be to expensive. Maybe you could essentially make a roof over your yard, maybe nail or screew the wood of the frame to the walls of the buildings, then cover the frame with chicken wire. Then you could also get a be-be gun, a water spray bottle. You could find out if there are any plants that act as a repellant, put them in hanging baskets from the chicken wire or on a hook inserted into the frame. You would be essentially making a chicken wire, screened backyard, like a screened room, only with chicken wire, instead of screen. It might sound sort of tacky, but I think you could fix it up to be really nice. It would be very unique and a special place for you to sit. You could get some cute lights and hang from the wire, and windchimes and crystal beads and sun catchers that tinkle and hang plants too. sounds great to me!
Reply:old wives tale, try putting Cayenne pepper on them and on top of the soil. or get high power water gun and fill it with vinegar and when all else fails try a BB gun
Reply:take a clear one gallon bottle(like what milk comes in)


fill it and place it in the middle of your landscape





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loads of people in cali use the said above way to keep cats off their lawns..and hang cds from their plants and tress to fend off birds as well
Reply:Unfortunately too many of your neighbors (although they will never admit it) will feed them and they wont go away. Either get a dog that will keep them away or if that's not an option, just use a good old fashioned scatter gun.
Reply:Maybe you can try growing some catnip in a nearby park.


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