Fish meal questions

[Green-Moo]

I'd heard the beans / corn / squash combo described as the three sisters before, but never heard about the addition of the fish before. I imagine my cats would dig the dead fish back out before they had a chance to do the plants any good at all!!

[SageMother]

I'd heard the beans / corn / squash combo described as the three sisters before, but never heard about the addition of the fish before. I imagine my cats would dig the dead fish back out before they had a chance to do the plants any good at all!!

LOL!

I think sprinkling a little cayenne pepper around the garden would keep those pesky cats from doing any digging! You could also plant catnip in an area far removed from the garden to draw their attention away.

[mom2manyboyz]

I didn't know about the cayenne pepper SageMother. Thanks for the tip. I'm not using whole fish, but sometimes the fishmeal does draw their attention.

[tater03]

I had never heard of burying the whole fish before. So this doesn't attract cats. I have one that comes around and would hate for him to start digging things up.

[mom2manyboyz]

LOL. It's just a historical practice. Probably where the idea of fish meal came from in the first place. I don't know if anyone still buries a whole fish.

I like idea of the cayenne pepper. Does anyone know if this would keep the neighbors cats away from my son's sandbox?

[gnandita1]

I have not heard of whole fish buring in the soil.Does it really happens in reality?

[Rose White]

I'd heard the beans / corn / squash combo described as the three sisters before, but never heard about the addition of the fish before. I imagine my cats would dig the dead fish back out before they had a chance to do the plants any good at all!!

Burying fish when planting a garden is what the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims.

Rose White, author
"Easy Gardens A to Z"