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Susan Explains Discouraging Cats
PIC OF RIPE ONION
Onions Pull the onions, hopefully on a warm sunny day, and leave them on dry ground
in the sun for a few hours. Clean off any soil and then hang them in an airy frost-free
shed. Hang them by their stems from a line of rope. Depending on the variety, they can store
for up to 4 months. New Lawns The ground needs to be prepared well in advance and this can often involve
hard work. Rather than outline the tasks here involved in laying a new lawn, we refer you to
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AUGUST WEEK 3
Cats often use "next door" as their toilet area and if you are "next door" that's
not good news. Number one tried and trusted cat prevention method is to get a dog!
Unfortunately we can't all do that.
Ultra sonic devices seem to be the next most successful method. They give out a high
frequency noise which only cats can hear and they don't like it. Google it, models
are around �20 to �30.
Onions should be ripening now and many will be ready for harvest. The signs to look
for are foliage which has bent naturally to the ground and a shrivelled stem from
the top of the onion. These onions are ripe and will store well.
If the stem above the top of the onion is not shrivelled, then they probably will
not store well so use these first.
A new lawn can be sown or laid in September to October but there is lots of preparation
before that. Now is the time for those preparations. Turf or seed? Either way you need to
select the correct source and in the case of turf, order it.