Sprinkling some ground pepper over the beds might help curb the desire to use as a litter box, it does a fair job of keeping the kitties outta my big house plants.
And once the plants go in boiling up some jalapeno's or serano peppers and misting the plants with it might help with that as well...
Can't wait until we get moved and I can get a garden going. It's been nearly 20 years since I've had a good garden and I've missed it dearly. Began SFG back in the 80's and wouldn't do it any other way.
One tip I learned along the way for tomatoes is to dig a trench and lay them down in...