Do marigolds and coffee grounds keep dogs away from the garden? And what else can I put down or do?
By Liz B from Mexico, ME
I like to put temporary chicken wire or a temporary fence around the garden with temporary green metal stakes. I can move these at will.
Do not use coffee grounds, they are fatally toxic to dogs
A method I came across to keep cats away is to sprinkle orange peels and coffee grounds in the garden. Cats apparently hate the smell of citrus. Other types of citrus peels will probable work too, and there are some citrus sprays on the market as well. Dont drink coffee? Stop by Starbucks* most branches give away free used coffee grounds for composting purposes, but they will work for this method as well.
The dog always walk over the plants and destroy them and lay over the hole area
Cinnamon keeps cats out of the garden not sure about dogs
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How can I protect my plants from my 1 year old dog? I cannot plant in the ground because he digs them up. He has destroyed my tomato plants, which were doing so well! He pulls plants out of pots if they are too low. I have come outdoors to find my plants all over the yard, big palms, ivy, anything.
I do not want to plant anymore if he will take them out, but I would love to start my veggie garden, in pots right now, before the heat really comes in. And because of the heat, my dog stays inside, so I want to take advantage of this to plant. Please help.
Hardiness Zone: 9a
By Isabel Ruiz from S. TX
Build a fence out of mesh wire around your flowers or make him a fenced run. There also is a metal device that screws into the ground at the pet stores and after you screw it into the ground hook his leash to it and put it far enough away he can't get to the flowers.
I would probably try to do the hanging tomato thing. And is there a place where the dog is not at that you could make your garden?
I would get a large dog run and make a greenhouse out of it, it is easier than doing a fence around it, and it would be fun!
My dog's leash cannot reach the garden. She does not dig, she will eat the green beans and peas all gone if she got near! Shorten up the leash.
I put cayenne pepper around my plants after planting. Seems to work, until it rains that is!! I also heard that dogs don't like mint. I am growing some peppermint so I took some leaves, broke them up and scattered them on an area that I had just seeded.
The neighbor puppy is digging in our big potted plant, what can I do to get him to stop?
Placing several large bricks or decorative rocks on the soil won't hurt your plant. Just leave spaces between for water to get in.
How can I keep our new puppy out of my Hostas? We tried a wire fence, but he laid on it and flattened it. We also tried a granule from the pet store, but that didn't affect him. Any ideas?
By Lisa I from Silvis, IL
A fence is about the only option that will work. You could try a stronger fence that he can't knock over.
This is a page about keeping dogs out of flowerbeds. It seems that despite having all of the rest of the yard to lie in, dogs love to snooze or dig in the flower garden.
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I have a pest that keeps getting in my garden. It is an 8lb longhair miniature Dachshund. No matter what I do to fix the gate on my fence this pest keeps getting in. Anyone know what I can do?
How do you keep a dog out of a vegetable garden? It's a very small garden, and not worth the cost of fencing it in. If I fenced it, I'd have no room for the plants.
