You won't stop cats with a fence
Electric fence?!
It's not that bad, he loves the animals and likes to pet them. He has a great time with them when we go on vacation at the farm (holiday apartment). Of course, you can't keep all the animals away, you shouldn't be that isolated either. It's partly about a feeling of security.
I can only report good things about the prairie garden:
Our basic conditions:
Clayey but unused soil, rectangular plot, a well 1 m wide prairie bed strip on two sides.
- Only in the first year did I have to weed more often. In the second year, the planting largely suppressed the weeds by itself.
- After three weeks without any work, you can't see it on the beds at all.
- We only water the beds rarely now, last summer maybe once every three weeks. The lawn consumed much more water.
- Even in the first year, the prairie beds looked great, not half empty or puny. In the second spring, we already had to cut back some plants quite a bit.
- I had planned a dry lawn. It grows slowly and only needs to be mowed 2-3 times in the summer. However, it likes to look a bit patchy. During garden construction, this material was replaced by common sports turf. 90% of the gardening work now falls on lawn care. It doesn't look bad, but there was potential to save working time.
Enjoy your garden
Gabriele
Take stones between the flower bed and the lawn. The stones should be somewhat wider and flat. Sink them into the ground so they are flush. Then you can drive over them with the lawn mower and don't have to do any manual cleanup.
Just like our oak beams are recessed