Would a fence work?

I am trying to decor like this:

Mine also brick wall...

Put them on a different wall?

In our area pothos are houseplants, so I have no idea if they are something that a cow would eat. You might put out an experimental pot and if the cows eat them, look for something else that won't attract a cow.

This link is for 24 good deer-resistant plants--the mint might be a good choice for your wall. (If cows avoid mint also.) Try a pot of that, too.

If you need a more drought-tolerant plant, sempervivum (hen and chicks) is also on the list, but it doesn't have a dropping/vining habit, as the mint would.

I'd ask the neighbor to fence his cows. If you are set on these plants, they make motion detector sprinklers that would spook the cows if they got too close. But it would also spray any people who got too close.

Pothos are poisonous to cats, dogs and humans. It grows wild down here in southern Florida. Not sure it's a good thing for cows to graze on.

I hope you find a solution that is just as hilarious as your query.

Love your idea. How about putting the plants just at a level the cows can't reach and above. You will still have the interesting design above a certain level or you could fill the lower bottles with something inedible or something cows don't like to eat.

It's a philodendron? would they eat pothos if it were available on the ground? If so, you'll never keep it on the fence. If not, shouldn't be any problem after their first sniff. I hope that's a north wall. Looks like anything would fry against that wall. Small clear container, poor roots. Poor plant!

I love that idea for the bottles. I could put them on the side of the house for herbs and flowers and it's out of reach of the chipmunks. I wonder if strawberries would work?

Edited to add, we like to joke (not funny, though) that bunnies are just little deer for sheer destructiveness, but maybe we should change that to cows.

There have been several times that I walked out my back door and came face to face with the neighbor's cows. I don't know who was more startled--them or me!

Thanks all..
as Beverly says if it's poisonous then no need to worry much..
Anyhow I am gonna try mama goose and rhoder551 ideas too....

You can grow pothos in water and the roots will fill the container. I have one that's probably 25 years old, and it's been in a jar of water the past five years. They don't like direct sun though.

Only thing I can think of is to cover the whole thing with chicken wire so they can only eat any leaves that poke through.

25 years?? wow... that's pretty impressive may_flowers (Z8-PNW)

The thing is I hate taking care of houseplants but I don't want to let it die since it's so old!

I have one in water on a top shelf in the DR--it produces healthy new growth with only indirect light. I trim it on occasion and put the clippings in a glass of water in the hall bathroom (no window). Even with no light, the clippings last a long time before the new growth comes in yellow.

I had one planted in a pot, on a shelf above the kitchen sink, where I finally noticed the suckers attached to my painted wall. It has been banished to the mudroom, and a well-behaved hoya is now in its place.

Keep in mind that cows are extremely curious animals, so my main concern would be not just them eating the plants but completely dismantling the wall decor pictured above. Not too long ago we left a tractor in the pasture overnight, and by the next morning the cows had knocked off the radiator cover, pulled out the spark plug wires, and messed with the side mirrors until they came off also.

Mama goose has a good point about them attaching to her painted wall. My thought all the way through this thread is that they will attach to the brick & mortar causing it to weaken over time. Not a good thing.

mama goose....be aware that Hoya can do the same thing. Ask me how I know!

i don't understand why you want plantings on the "cow-side" of a wall--who can see them besides the cows? you're not decorating "your-side" of the wall?

Thanks, augment! Yes, I checked the sizes and locations of the suckers, and I'm keeping an eye on that one, too.

I hope you find a solution to your question, but I have to say this thread has really made me laugh out loud. I'm laughing like a fool at the idea of these cows eating your plants and desmantling your wall.

No disrespect intended.

I'm still laughing. Who knew? Cows misbehaving.

Riffaz, Where do you live that cows roam freely in your yard? The only neighbors I have 300 yards to half mile in any direction are cows and horses but a fencekeeps them out... most of the time.

Same here, Monica. Cattle is big business so I can't imagine someone letting their cows roam. We get them in the yard every now and then because an area of the fence got loose, and the farmer quickly comes and puts them back in the pasture and fixes the fence.