Furious Foxes

I went to bed furious tonight because the bloody foxes (or cats) keep using my front garden as their toilet. It's such a pain when you walk into your gate and you get assaulted by the stinking foul smell emitting from somewhere under the bushes. I vowed that they are not going to win the battle and go to bed resolving to make their bathroom unusable from this day forward. Tomorrow the garden tools come out and I go to war on the blasted vermin.

My research says that I can find some fox/cat repellant but I don't know yet whether the various options are safe for the plants. I think I will also get some bark chips so that I can have a pleasant smelling approach to my front door.