Domestic animals (e.g. cats & dogs) in the garden
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Is there anything I can put on my lawn to prevent my dog from digging?
About a year ago, we had a really bad gopher problem in our backyard. I've successfully trapped and eliminated all the gophers but my dog sometimes can still smell something and goes crazy digging. I ...
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What would be a good “cat grass” for the central Texas heat?
So I can buy the little pots of "cat grass" or even the grow kits at my local pet store, but I thought it would be more fun to have a little patch of it growing in the yard that (hypothetically) would ...
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Why can't I compost dog & cat faeces?
Looking at this answer made we wonder again about why we don't compost dog and cat faeces. Any guide to composting will always caution against including dog (and cat) excrement (examples here and ...
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How do I stop dog urine from killing grass?
Everywhere I've lived, the dog urine just kills the grass. I've found nothing on the internet and the garden person at the local hardware said it's impossible. Any suggestions?
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Growing plants indoors with cats
I have to grow my plants indoors because it does get cold enough in Dallas sometimes that frost may occur or even snow.
However, we have a small household cat. She has bit our bamboo plant leaves in ...
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How do you safely and effectively stop a cat from pooping in your yard?
Our neighbor's cat keeps pooping in our mulch and around our yard. Is there a safe and effective way to stop neighborhood pets from doing so? Has anyone used a method that works well?
