UK Gardeners Advised To Place Lemon Peel On Vegetable Patches

Lemon peel in gardenWhen it comes to garden foes, many of us think of slugs, snails, and even grubs first. But in reality, only a few species of maligned molluscs are out to eat your brassicas.Slugs and snails are a crucial part of your garden’s ecosystem (as are spiders) – try using non-pesticide methods, like placing an orange in your garden, to keep them from your most vulnerable plants. What can truly massacre your marrows is cat poop, which can render edible plants unsafe for consumption (thanks to the toxoplasmosis that cat faeces can spread to humans).And according to BBC Gardeners’ World, the solution to this problem may lie in more citrus fruit.Cats hate strong smells, including strong citrus smellsLike rats, cats have a keen sense of smell. So, Gardener’s World advises placing scents they hate near your veggies (especially those you eat raw, like salad greens).“Throwing citrus peels and human hair directly on the garden is ... said to deter them, as are coffee grounds,” they wrote. Lemon, grapefruit, and orange are all good options. Additionally, coffee grounds work as a makeshift, low-hassle mulch.Mulching not only protects your soil from drying out for a little longer, but it also works as a natural weedkiller, preventing new growth from arising where you don’t want it to. Those are far from your only options, thoughThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said placing netting over your soil may help to stop your feline “friends” from using the covered area as a litterbox. Keeping your vegetable soil well-watered can help too; they don’t like to go in slick, slippery mud. If all else fails, crowding your bare soil with perennials will prevent them from having enough room to poop in your veggie patch.And it doesn’t have to be all stick; the “carrot” of catnip in a designated litterbox area can work wonders, too.Related...6 June Gardening Jobs UK Gardeners Should Start NowUK Gardeners Advised To Place Onions On Their LawnUK Gardeners Urged Not To Touch These Cobwebs

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