Now, here's a science bit.........

If you are veggie, or eat a lot of salads etc., your body concentrates a substance called Indoleacetic acid, and eliminates it in your wee. Indoleacetic acid (IAA) is a plant hormone, and accelerates growth of plants. So, if you wee on your roses, it ought to make them grow faster as well as keep the foxes out. The same would apply to your lettuces, but you'd probably get squeamish about eating them afterwards

If you have any doubts about this, just take a look at the vegetation around any seaside sewage outfall, or round any burst drainage pipe - it isn't the s*** that makes the plants grow big, it's the pee!

Snorri

My! How on earth did you find that out? I take it you fill your watering can with the golden liquid and dowse your garden? I guess it wouldn't work the same on plants on my balcony - would hate them being wiffy if they warmed up in the sunlight

Just remember to make a note of which way the wind is blowing before 'watering' your garden. Wouldn't want any landing in your wellies eh?

I've also heard that human hair, placed in something like a stocking and hung around the boundary, deters foxes. Someone I know tried it (hairdressers are only too happy to give the clippings away!) and they said it worked for them.

That's a bit cruel to suggest throwing chinese crackers at a fox, gosh they didn't ask to exist and they have to make do with their situation...very disappointing!!

I don't suppose the idea was to throw crackers AT the fox, just let 'em off nearby.

Dunno about the fox, but all this peeing in the garden and hanging human hair all over the place will probably scare the living daylights out of the neighbours....

LOL yeah, add a few miniature skulls and peeps will start to think there is some voodoo stuff going on hahahah

Snorrie's suggests of urination on the boundaries is a very old method preferably carried out by a man. I have to say it has been tried to my knowledge (not by me I hasten to add) with little success, perhaps our chickens were to much of a lure for it to work

Tuti your best option is to distract the dogs or keep them in when the fox is around , foxes share some diseases in common with dogs so you are best to keep yours away.

The norty fox was back last night, running around the garden with Archie and Ziggy's squeaker at 4AM!!

I stuck my head out and shooed it off as the dogs were about to start barking their heads off, and the norty fox ran away, stopped at the end of the garden, then ran back again and stole the squeaky toy! NORTY FOX!!

Had not got around to ordering those spikes but will have to do it now ASAP And if they don't work then bring on the voodoo human hair and peeing