Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back to my garden!  I've been busy with planting.  We had to wait to plant my basil since it's been cold and raining.  The weather warmed up so I sent my mom and dad to the garden center to get lots!

 

Did you know that I only send my mom and dad to garden centers that have resident cats?  Yup.  The one we go to has 2 amazingly LARGE kitties who call it home.  There is a reason their plants are always so healthy.  They are purred over 24/7!

 

I can take it from where they left off. 

Once the basil was safely tucked in the dirt, I had to inspect where dad planted my carrot seeds.  I think they may have washed away in the rain but I haven't given up hope yet.

One of our new artichoke plants is producing it's first baby artichoke.

 

Cory's toy cherry tree is getting ready to offer us nice ripe treats!

 

We still have lots of pretty flowers.

The colors are so pretty this time of year.

Mom says I'm pretty too.

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back to my garden.  As you can see behind me, dad has been very productive getting the garden beds cleaned out.  He's also been very busy trying to keep up with the mowing.   The grass grows so fast around here and it will be another month or so before it slows down.

 

Did you notice the pretty Rhododendron behind me?

 

Here, take a closer look.

 

Mom left some sticks in my garden.  Last year these were used to mark where she planted the rows of seeds.

 

Being a skilled garden cat, I'd like to demonstrate additional uses.  Sometimes plant stakes and garden markers are the best for getting at an itch. 

 

Be creative!  That's what I always meow.

 

The cherry tree is full of white blossoms.  I know mom gets all excited at the thought of cherries.  She loves to eat them.  Cory loves to play with them.  To Cory, this is a toy tree.

 

I'm finishing up my final inspection of the lawn...can you believe dad left some dandelions?  I better have a chat with him.

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

 

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Wow my furriends!  It's been forever since we've been together in the garden.   This time of year is tough.  It's wet.  It's muddy.  Stuff is a mess because mom and dad were neglectful gallavanting.   I have so much to do to get things cleaned up...but...days are short and now my time in the garden is limited.   Figaro and I surveyed the situation this past weekend.

There are a few carrots left to be picked.   I keep meowing at mom to dig them all up before they are bigger than me.  She does not listen.  She thinks they will be find staying in the ground until she is ready.

 

This stresses me out. 

 

Do you realize there is a chance these poor carrots may spend Christmas alone in the garden?  I beg mom to get them dug up before Christmas Eve...although...what if Santa and his reindeer are hungry?  What if they need a little nibble from my garden?  Ok, I'll leave some.

 

Hope you know Santa...I've been a VERY good girl.   Maybe a few new garden tools in my stocking?

 

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back to my garden!

 

This time of year, I spent a lot of time reflecting on things.  I think how much I love my garden and my family. 

I think about how lucky I am to be here.   I'm lucky to have such amazing garden pals in the Cat Blogsphere.

 

I appreciate every minute of every day. 

 

I am but a small cat in a large garden. 

I know my influence can be seen and my love is present in everything here.

 

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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I've been enjoying the dry warm days of late summer.  The weather has been purrfect!  Mom picked some of the basil I grew and she made a batch of pesto.  She thanked me since it wouldn't have been possible without my garden paw and tender loving care.

 

Which brings me to a point...

 You may have read the nonsense posted by my brothers earlier this week, all claiming to be mom's favorite.   I hate to burst their bubble, because I'm nice that way, but I know the truth.

 

Mom loves ME best!  Not that I like to brag or anything. I'm a rather modest cat and I don't much like the attention.  I prefer to be low key.  My purr is tender and sweet.  You may not know this but I too sing to toys in the middle of the night.  It's not just Cory.  I don't sing opera, but I sing light pop...very sweet and not very complicated.

 I love my garden and all the plants and bugs and trees and grass all love me.  I spend my days in the garden, but come in before dark.  I play a game with mom and dad and I pretend I don't want to come in.  I let them chase me for a few seconds and then I flop and make them carry me inside.  I would hate to spend the night outside. 

 

I was homeless once and I know what it feels like to be alone in the dark.  I hated it.

 

So not only does my mom love me best, my dad loves me best and the best of all?  Grete loves me best too!  As my good pal Alfie Marshall would say...Fact!

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back my furriends.  I wanted to meow about some important tasks that us garden cats have to perform in order to keep our humans on track.    Every year mom and dad prepare the beds under my careful snoopervision.  This year they were so lazy busy they brought in some other humans to help us.  It was kind of nice having more responsibility. 

Once the beds were ready and mom showed up with plants, my job is to sit in the dirt and point my paws to the proper placement of the plants.  There is no way mom could do this without me.

Another task is to make sure that each new plant feels welcome and loved.  Plants come from the garden center a bit scared since they have left the home they once knew.  Kind of like a kitten leaving a shelter.

I make sure I lick the plants and purr on them.  They are family now.

Garden art is important too.  I don't know why, but it helps the plants be happy.



Since it's been cold and damp we were late in getting the garden started, but it's better late than never!

I'll sign off with a photo of our red poppy.  The bees are loving them.  I love them too. 

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back to my garden.  Please join me in taking in a big sniff of the spring air!  Oh this smells so lovely.  I just can't get enough of it.

Mom is thrilled that her favorite daisies are blooming again.  She waits all  year for this moment.  It makes me purr thinking I had a paw in making this happen.

Dad had to transplant some of our nip plants.  He had to make room for some baby onion plants that went in the ground this past weekend.  We were supposed to plant them earlier but the ground was too soggy.  As you know I use my tried and true paw technique to test the moisture level in the soil.  If I shake out my paw...it's too wet and the planting must wait.

Hmmmm...as you can see under my paws, there are yellow flowers growing.  Don't be fooled into thinking they are mom's favorite daisies!  They are dandelions.  Fakers!!!!  I will make sure dad pulls them out right away.

Ah yes...the photo below.  Real beautiful daisies! 

Our native Bleeding Heart is starting to bloom. 

Here is a view of our Weeping Willow tree.  If you biggify and look real close you can see the support wires we have helping to hold it all together and keep it strong.

Well furriends, I got lots to do so I'm off to snoopervise!   Hope all is going well in your garden.