- 1). Place one gallon plastic milk jugs filled with water around the perimeter of your property. This folk remedy works more often than not.
- 2). Stop using fish emulsion fertilizer, bone meal and blood meal. Dogs, cats, raccoons and skunks are attracted by the scent of these organic products. If you use them in your yard, cover the scent with a bitter apple spray like that sold at pet stores.
- 3). Spread ground hot chile peppers over newly planted beds to prevent dogs and cats from digging. The capsicum (the chemical in the pepper that makes it hot) will deter most creatures from digging.
- 4). Protect fragile individual plants by placing wire mesh around them.
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