Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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I know, this is getting boring.  I'm still not in my garden.  Not that I'd want to be.  It's brrrrrr cold out there.  Rainy too.  This morning we even had a few snowflakes mixed in with the rain.

I sent mom outside with the camera to show what's growing.  In spite of the cold and dreary weather.

Our Rosemary bush is going crazypants like it usually does.

We have pretty flowers.

The Andromeda bush is blooming.

The winter Daphne is starting to wake up!

And the snowdrops are back in action!

Spring is just around the corner.  I can feel it in my paws! 

Wordless Wednesday

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the House with Jonesie

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Well my furriends, I'm still in the house.  Not only am I being safe, it's so icky and dreary and rainy and muddy I don't even want to be out there.  It's been pouring rain and it's windy and I don't think that will change any time soon. 

Good thing we have holiday dinners and furriends stopping by. 

Since I am responsible for growing some of the food for our feast, I'm invited as an honored dinner guest.

One of the dishes mom made for Christmas Eve dinner was a roasted beet salad.  I grew the beets myself.  From seed.  Here they are all roasted up and ready to get cut up for the salad.

Just yesterday dad went out in the muddy garden and harvested the rest of our carrots.  Yes, I grew these myself as well.  From seed.  Here they are all roasted up and  yummy.  Mom even put some of them in a lentil soup.

Mom and I ordered the seed from Renee's Garden Seeds and since they did so well, we'll be ordering more in 2012.  And if they sound familiar, this is the wonderful place that Raymond and Busby's mom works.   

And what's even cooler, if you order seeds from them, and use code FR227A Renee's seeds will give 25% of the order to United Paws!

They are awesome in supporting lots of charitable organizations.  You can get your seeds AND help kitties in need.  How cool is that?

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday In the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome my friends and Garden Society members!  I'm still not getting much garden time.   The weather as been really cold and when it's not too cold it's pouring down rain.  Not that it stops Figaro or Ginger from their short visits outside.  I'm still growing back my thick gorgeous ruff of fur around my neck so I'm staying inside where it's nice and warm.  It's the smart thing to do.

I've been getting lots of lap time and more importantly, I've been providing more close snoopervision of my blog posts to my humble assistant.  We decided together that a nice way to get through this dreary week of weather is to think about what's to come and take a look back at last year in the garden.  It's too painful to think about summer just yet, but spring is just a couple of months away.

Did you know that early last February is when Figaro started helping me out in the yard?  My dad and I were planting a few fruit trees and he showed up to assist with the digging.  At the time we called him Freeta Bandeeta because of his mask and dad assumed he was a girl.  Ha!  Did he ever surprise us!  He was only 6 months old when this photo was taken. 

By March of last year, I was basking in warm spring sunshine and snoozing in yummy smelling grass.  Could it be that in only 2 short months, I could be doing this again?

I can only look at pictures of last years apple blossoms and purr in anticipation.

Please leave a link and let me know what's happening in your garden.  Be sure to visit all the members of the Society of Feline Gardeners too!

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday In The Garden With Jonesie

Oh yeah!  It's cold.  It's freezing.  But the sunbeams are out and so am I!  You might have to biggify, but I'm out here in the garden checking on the handiwork of my humans who have been clearing out the beds.  Not that all of them are done yet.  There is still work to be done before we start with cool weather vegetables in March.  It was great to get out in the garden this past weekend.  It's been way too long.

I even found some fresh nip clinging to life in the raised vegetable bed.  Good thing this bed was not cleared out yet.  Clearly, it's still producing.  Without me to check on the finer points of the garden...who knows what might have happened to it.  Since it's discovery, Figaro and Cecilia have both taken their turns rolling in it.

My little garden door is still working well.  I had to go in and out a few times just because I could.

Figaro and Cecilia helped a bit, but mostly they wanted to hunt birdies and squirrels because Dad put out a fresh batch of bait food for them. 

I didn't stay out for very long because the temperatures were in the 20's over night and only in the low 30's during the day on Saturday and Sunday.  

So you know where you'll find me! 

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden With Jonesie

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Hello my furry friends and Garden Society members!  I am finally outside again.  Only for brief periods of time, but I'll take what I can get.  As you can see, everything has fallen apart while I've been stuck inside.

Kale and Swiss Chard run amok.  It's enough to make me want to find new parents.  They tried to tell me they didn't have the heart to garden without me, but I think it's just an excuse.  They've been lazy.  They claim they have been busy, but I'm not buying it.  They know how much my garden means to me.  How much pride I take in a garden well tended.  By this time last year, everything was neatly put to bed.

You might have noticed my nice new hot pink collar.  I needed a new one because I clawed up my last one.  I really think this one shows off my grey and white fur nicely.

Oh wow, the breeze in my fur feels SO good!  It's been way too long.

Ahem...another reason the garden is a mess.  My sister Ginger has been no help at all in the snoopervision department. 

Hope your gardens are doing better than mine!  Maybe I need to do a post on how to catch up when all looks hopeless.

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Figaro

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Yeah, I know.  I'm still stuck inside.  Official word is that my neck has to heal up and the furs need to grow back a bit before I can put my collar and tag on.  Until that happens I can't put a paw in my garden.  I'm almost there.

Figaro is doing a fine job of snoopervising the garden.  I can watch him from the window and give him feedback on his purformance as he gains independence in his garden tasks.

He has figured out that mom and dad are long past due on pulling up the dead cornstalks.

Yup, correct again.  Mom and dad need to clean out the strawberry pots and the eggplant garden.

My herbs are hanging in there, but it's pretty sad.

Figaro has found one of my favorite spots...sad without me...and looking pretty messed up...

Yes, it's my grapevine. These are the table grapes that mom and dad were too lazy busy to pick.  Must I snoopervise their every move?  They froze last week when the weather got frosty.

I still love them.  The butternut squash I grew this summer sure makes a tasty soup.  Mom and dad honored me with a toast!  "To Jonesie" they said..."the founder of our feast"! 

Please leave a link and let me know what's going on in your garden or on your dining table!

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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I know you expected me to be out in the garden this week.  Trouble is, it's been wet and icky and worst of all, it's dark outside.  When mom leaves for work it's a little bit light, but when she gets home it's dark.  I suppose I could teleport over to visit my furriends on the other side of the world, but mom and dad would miss me too much so here I sit.   By the fire. 

Mom surprised me the other day when she said there was mail addressed to me!  I couldn't figure out who would send me something, but then I remembered that Raymond and Busby were going to send me seeds from Sunflowerzilla!

Cory was shocked!  I think she was disappointed that Raymond and Busby sent me mail and there was no letter to Cory from Whitey.  She pouted.  She wouldn't even look at the seeds.

My head was spinning.  All I could do was think about my very own Sunflowerzilla.  I was thinking about the Society of Feline Gardeners and sharing seeds and planting ideas and Cat-a-logs and....and...then I remembered the note that my bestest friend in the whole world, Alfie Marshall (age 2) sent me.

So we copied words from Alfie and Milo's bloggie:

"Every year at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month we remember the end of the First World War and all who gave their lives then and since.

The Royal British Legion is the nation’s custodian of Remembrance, ensuring that people remember those who have given their lives for the freedom we enjoy today. The poppy has become the symbol of Remembrance worn during the weeks leading to Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day"

The poppies are no longer in bloom in my garden, but I have a picture to remember.

Please leave a link and let me know what's happening in your garden (or in your living room!).