Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the House with Jonesie

::Meowwww::

 

You may wonder what I'm doing here...on my cat tree...lounging the afternoon away.  You see...it's been bucketing down rain this week.  I've given mom and dad instructions on raking up soggy leaves...not skilled work at all.  I can trust them to do that while I snooze.

 

You can see why I don't want my furry white paws out in this mess.

 

Even though I'm stuck inside, I can still practice garden skills...no idle paws here!

 

What I do to keep myself in tip top garden shape...is to find a brown soft blankie.  I make lots of biscuits...this keeps my paws strong.  Having the blanket be the color of dirt simulates my garden.

 It makes me purrr....zzzzzzzzz.

  

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

 ::Meowwww::

We're back from our Cat-O-Lympic break!  I spent lots of time resting in the garden this past week.  So much of the work is done and now I sit back and do a little snoopervising while dad pulls weeds and waters my plants.

 I still have to get up on my paws and walk around.  I can't let things slip.  You know how humans are.  But...it's enough to make a garden cat very sleepy.

 I can rest, but I still have to keep my eyes open.  That's the real secret to being a successful master gardener cat.

 Even when I wash, I have to stay alert.

 Here is the basil I have been growing for mom.  She says that pesto is going to happen soon...not that I care about that.  But if it makes her happy it makes me purr.

 The phlox smells wonderful and looks very pretty.

 We have lots of Japanese Anemone blooming too.

 The Dahlia's are starting to pop!

That's all for my garden this week!

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday In The Soggy Garden with Jonesie

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Time to start our weekly Society of Feline Gardeners meeting!

This past weekend was super soggy at our place.  It bucketed down rain so not much happened outside.  This is my view out my back door.

And this is Ellie consoling Ginger who refuses to get her paws wet.

Eventually the raindrops stopped falling from the sky and I went outside to see my soggy garden.

I ended up staying pretty close to the house.

There is a grape arbor close by that has some table grapes growing.  Our few wine grapes were beyond hope.  There was nothing I could do to purr them back to health and happiness.  I think that's what breaks my heart the most as a garden cat. You can do everything right, you can paw at the soil just so...and all it takes is a rainy soggy year and a poor showing by Mr. Sun and everything is a mess.

Just look at my tomatoes!  Dad managed to salvage enough to make some salsa, but my dreams of having enough for spaghetti sauce were crushed.

You just have to be willing to accept what mother nature dishes out.  Maybe I should start letting go of what could have been this year and start focusing on my plans for next year's garden.  I can feel a little chill in the air, so the thought of days by the fireplace sleeping on a good gardening book are starting to sound pretty good to me. 

Please leave a link and let me know what's happening in your garden.  Hopefully you are having more success than me, your President.

Easy Like Sunday Morning

After all that work in the garden, a girl needs her rest.