There are several sites that suggest using coffee grounds in the garden, to keep out cats. I haven't tried it, but there are some beds on my property which could do without cats digging around and occasionally attacking plants (beats me why they do that). I guess the best way to find out is to try it myself, but before I go around sprinkling coffee grounds on the beds, does anyone here know:
Are coffee grounds really effective at deterring cats from living in garden beds?
It may work but anecdotally I have watched my barn cats lay in the compost bin that has had bags of coffee shop grounds dumped atop it. They don't seem to be deterred by the coffee grounds.
Cats can be a pain in the garden. My one barn cat will think nothing of laying down on a bunch of seedlings if it is deemed a nice place to nap. Mine don't attack plants directly but they also don't go out of their way to avoid them.
What I do know works to deter them is the solar-charged electric wire we use for our pastures. They'll avoid that after being shocked once or twice. Not recommending you use that but it does work.
You might have success by spreading dog hair - I imagine a dog groomer will have plenty of it - around the beds. I used to do this along the back of our property to deter deer. Seemed to work but I might have been lucky.
Since I've used coffee grounds I haven't seen a dog or cat on my property. Thank God cause people walk their dogs on my property to go to the bathroom all the time. I also grounded up some orange peel and onion with the coffee grounds that also work.
