Talking to a Neighbour

I bumped into a neighbour today a nice old boy who is renouned in the area as a gardener.
He said to me that he had heard me cursing at a cat the other day, I told him it's hard to keep them away, I was stunned when he said he doesn't get them in his garden anymore, said he did years ago but found that since he sprayed Cider Vineger around the garden fence they don't come in.
He told me a old gardener told him that cats and foxes hate the smell so he said he bought 5 litres and a paint brush and brushed it around the top and bottom of his garden fence and that ever since once a week he uses a water pistol to spray the fence, he says since then he has no cats or foxes come into his garden as the problem for him was cat and fox shit in his soil and the lawn dug up.
He also said 1 of his sons keeps canaries and has a aviary and he does the same and has no problems.
It might not be true but I think I will give it a try.
Nothing to lose.
I thought I would share it incase it can help anybody else.

interesting steve give it a go and find out ...our dog seems to do the job here though ...I know a farmer who pees in a bucket then leaves it near his chicken shed as mr.fox does not like the odour no I am not joking

I've heard that too Daz but I have a feeling my missus might just raise a objection to that lol

interesting info steve........would be good to hear if any of our members gives it a try.

ive heard human p1ss attracts rats Darren..........

.........I will say his house is a few hundred yards from his chicken coup

intresting topic i have trouble with the cat next door i will try the cider viniger on the fence or dround it in it

Interesting will have to keep that in mind

that's all sprayed over the dikes and around loft.
would ordinary vinegar do the same.

I don't know mate he said cider vineger, I got a load from Morrison under £2 a bottle, got to be worth a try

just wonder if just white vinegar would work just as well.
I did spray with appal cider vinegar that I use for the birds.
but at £18 for 5lt . but I will see what happens if it keeps this pest away.
I no some day he is going to get one of the birds.

Try it and let me know

Will be a damn site cheaper

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David wrote:

interesting info steve........would be good to hear if any of our members gives it a try.

ive heard human p1ss attracts rats Darren..........

are you saying ricks pissing in his celler david

he's pishing everywhere by the sounds of it

birdy2011 wrote:

David wrote:

interesting info steve........would be good to hear if any of our members gives it a try.

ive heard human p1ss attracts rats Darren..........

are you saying ricks pissing in his celler david

he lives in Manchester graham, what do you expect.............

oldstrain wrote:

interesting steve give it a go and find out ...our dog seems to do the job here though ...I know a farmer who pees in a bucket then leaves it near his chicken shed as mr.fox does not like the odour no I am not joking

so when he takes the pee to the chicken shed is this where the term taking the p i s s came form

birdy2011 wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

interesting steve give it a go and find out ...our dog seems to do the job here though ...I know a farmer who pees in a bucket then leaves it near his chicken shed as mr.fox does not like the odour no I am not joking

so when he takes the pee to the chicken shed is this where the term taking the  p i s s came form

maybe ...just maybe

oldstrain wrote:

birdy2011 wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

interesting steve give it a go and find out ...our dog seems to do the job here though ...I know a farmer who pees in a bucket then leaves it near his chicken shed as mr.fox does not like the odour no I am not joking

so when he takes the pee to the chicken shed is this where the term taking the  p i s s came form

maybe ...just maybe

EssexSteve wrote:

I've heard that too Daz but I have a feeling my missus might just raise a objection to that lol

Your missus must be related to mine Steve etc. Tho she tells me I grow a mean lemon here with my excess liquids.
Now one for the hardy folk here ??? . We had a famous sportsman here till recently (Now dead) sadly. By the name of Jimmy Styns, an Irishman by berth who came out here to play real football. Aussie style & in his wisdom used to drink it for his medical problems. As such anyone not  feeling quite right, it may just be worth a try.

I had to do it once on army survival course never again lol

EssexSteve wrote:

I had to do it once on army survival course never again lol

One of those moments in time Steve "Drinking p*ss" I suspect, that will go with you to your grave etc.

Knackered wrote:

EssexSteve wrote:

I had to do it once on army survival course never again lol

One of those moments in time Steve "Drinking p*ss" I suspect, that will go with you to your grave etc.

graham drinks it all the time by the pint but he calls it mild not p1$$ for some reason

oldstrain wrote:

Knackered wrote:

EssexSteve wrote:

I had to do it once on army survival course never again lol

One of those moments in time Steve "Drinking p*ss" I suspect, that will go with you to your grave etc.

graham drinks it all the time by the pint but he calls it mild not p1$$ for some reason