Thursday, September 16, 2010

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

Welcome back to my garden!  There is more to being a garden cat than digging in the dirt and managing the plants.   Yes, even more than snoozing and rolling in fresh nip.

  Today I want to talk about building stuff in the garden.  I don't usually do this kind of work.  I sometimes watch my dad, but now that Figaro is here, he handles that part of the garden chores.

Before Figaro got sick he did a lot of work in the garden with dad.  He wanted me to show you all he accomplished the weekend before he went to the v-e-t.  Don't worry, he's doing much better now and hoping to get back outside soon.  Mom and dad have locked him in for now.  Good news is that he is up and about and causing trouble again.

Before Figaro gets to work, he checks in with me on the master plan to be sure I approve. 

Then he checks in with mom to make sure she approves.

Then he gets to work.  Here he is snoopervising building an outdoor area for our scraps of wood for building stuff.

It's important to make sure the electric cord stays plugged in while dad saws stuff.  Figaro does an amazing job!

Figaro snoopervises the emptying of the trailer. Notice how he tucks himself off to the side so he doesn't trip dad.  This is advanced technique my furry friends!

Figaro knows which door belongs to him.  He lets dad use the big door.

Hope you enjoyed seeing how Figaro works hard to compliment my skills in the garden.  I think we make a really cool team. 

Please leave a link so we can see what's up in your garden!

31 comments:

Gemini and Ichiro said...

I think you two make a great team! I am glad he is doing better--a team needs to be strong together.

Err. Cory--no socks for Flat Skeezix. He apparently doesn't much like them...

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Nice tour!

Have woo planted any little pink sokhks?

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
PeeEssWoo: Hi Grete!

Jacqueline said...

A fun gardening post, Jonesie, you and Figaro are great together!...We are so glad to hear he is feeling better...Happy day, beautiful friends...kisses...Calle, Halle, Sukki

Boom Nisanart said...

How lucky your parent have you two. You have done an excellent job. Puddy and me impressed!

Ellen Whyte said...

It's impressive how much you two kitties get done.

Boom Nisanart said...

And you are right, Not just the story of Figaro and Puddy are the same, they appearance even look similar, They both are black and white floofy !
This is great ! Thank you to share your story with me : )

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

Figaro works really hard! I hope all that work wasn't what made him sick!

The Florida Furkids said...

Teamwork is good. You can accomplish so much more when you work together.


Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

Purrfect Haven said...

We are put to shame seeing how helpful you all are in your lovely garden. We aren't a bit like that and infact have even heard Mrs H use the word unhelpful when looking at us. We think you are wonderful. Love Darcy and Bing xx

Milo and Alfie Marshall said...

Hi Jonesie, MEOW!

I am so glad Figaro is feeling better. Yoo have done a pawsome job licking him into shape and teaching him all the gardening skills he needs to be an accomplished assisstant gadener.

I only wish I had been as good training Milo up ~ he's either lazy or pretending to be hopeless or both! Tee hee.

I envy yoo that little cat size door, so yoo can come and go as yoo please. I might hafta speak to dad about making one for us ...

Love Alfie Marshall xx

Anonymous said...

It looks like Figaro has that building part down pat! You two DO make a good team. We're glad he's feeling better too. Your garden is so nice!

Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu said...

We are most impressed at how Figaro and you work together, Jonesie! And we're very glad he's better!

Mishkat said...

These are such great photos of both you and Figaro, Jonesie. We are glad Figaro is feeling better and hope he can come out and help again soon - we are sure your dad misses his assistance.

Purrs from Franklin (and Dobby and Tasha too.)

P.S. That little door is so cool!

The Island Cats said...

Wow! Figaro really has that building technique down!! He musta had some experience before! And we're glad he's feeling better!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Jonesie, you and Figaro make a great team.
Mum laughs at me because when I come indoors, I always use our cat door even if the human door is open.
Flynn

Cat with a Garden said...

Jonesie, you've found the most pawsomest garden help in Figaro. He's very good at helping the dad and snoopervising. We hope he'll be fine again soon.
Kittykisses to all of you!
Siena & Chilli

Teddy Westlife said...

You make an excellent team and you should have your own show on the lifestyle channel.

The Monkeys said...

You two are the best gardening team ever! We're happy that Figaro is feeling better and hopefully he can join you in the garden soon

Brian's Home Blog said...

That really is very impressive teamwork!

Forever Foster said...

It's not really a surprise that Figaro is becoming such a great help in the garden with such a wonderful mentor to look up to, Jonesie :)

CCL Wendy said...

Jonesie, it was wonderful of you to feature Figaro this week. He has indeed learned a lot from you, and is now a wonderful assistant to you and your Dad!

Get 'em while they're young and train 'em! That's the way to go.

Mariodacat said...

Figaro & you are doing an amazing job. I especially like how you hold board meetings for the two of you to plan.

Amy & the house of cats said...

Jonesie it is great that you have taught Figaro so much so soon! It looks like he is doing a great job with everything! And we are so glad that he is feeling better! We are sending him lots of purrs and prayers to get him back to the garden very soon!

Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...

Wow! With all that hard work, it's no wonder Figaro got sick. He will have to learn to pace himself. We are glad he is better and what an amazing job he has done!

Raymond and Busby said...

Jonesie, you and Figaro make a pawsome team! He is every good at snoopervising the building.

AFSS said...

You and Figaro make a great team. He sure got a lot done before he got sick, we are so happy to hear he is doing better.

Cat said...

You guys are the perfect gardening pair. You should have your own tv show!! It's nice to see someone actually working in the garden and not just me...today Tiny decided to do nothing...can you believe it? The nerve of her leaving all the work to me. I'm bushed...I think I'll go take a(nother) nap. Purrs, Lautrec

Angel Simba said...

Figaro certainly has taken on some advanced stuff. Good for him. I am glad he is feeling better. No fun being sick!

Anonymous said...

We love Figaro's little door! And we're so glad he's feeling well enough to cause trubble!

PS. Smoochies to mai CoryMittenKitten! xo

Cory Clark said...

Wow what a great helper Figaro is (We hope he is feeling much better - if he's causing trouble inside, that's a really good sign!!) We're impressed with his gardening skills!! & of course yours too, Jonsie!!

Have a great day!!

~Nico, Simon & JayJay :)

ps. thanks for the purrs for Simon - he seems to be much better now!!

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

Excellent garden coordination! Checking wif each other and then Mom makes it official. We like the way Figaro uses the kitty door even when the big door is open. Its good ta make sure the Beins see it used...