#55627
Cathy
Flatchatter

    Convince your strata committee to create a strata garden plan that repel stray cats / pests. It value-adds to units that can then be advertised as a premium clean pest-free environment.

    1. many varieties of beautiful red hot chillis + cayenne are superb for repelling stray cats. Absolutely no catnip because cats love it.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-chili-pepper-plants.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-cayenne-peppers.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/chili-pepper-companion-plants.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/chili-peppers-not-hot.htm

    https://davidsuzuki.org/queen-of-green/keep-cats-garden/

    2. other beautiful plants repel cats. eg, The lawn can be replaced with lemongrass and citronella grass. With rosemary all around the perimeter.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/cat-repellent.htm

    3. beautiful plants to repel insects.

    https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/pest-management-plants/9427576
    https://www.treehugger.com/plants-that-repel-unwanted-insects-4864336

    Local Councils are full of politics that can be harnessed for proper results. Facts:

    1. The Mayor runs the Council: he hires and fires staff and orders them what to do or not do.

    2. The Mayor is one of many Councillor and elected by the other Councillors as their leader.

    3. If the Mayor refuses to direct the Council police (called Rangers) to fine rat-feeders (for aggravated littering under sections 45 and 45A Protection of the Environment (Operations) Act (NSW)), then contact ALL other Councillors to inform them of the Mayor’s mismanagement.

    4. Provide photographs of the cat-food + written records of the location, time and date (yeah tedious but necessary). You need evidence to convince the other Councillors.

    5. If anyone fell sick due to pests, persuade him/her to send their medical certificate to all the Councillors.

    Above all, do share your success stories on this web-site to encourage others to take firm, determined, and relentless organized actions against the pest plagues that endanger our health. May we all succeed together.

    One person replied that he knew of no Government grant. A rat-feeder personally assured me that his charity was very well funded with large Government grants, tax breaks and public donations – all illegal.