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Two weeks ago, Claire began the kitchen garden. She sowed radish and salad; she knows that cats adore scratching freshly turned ground, and thanks to the active collaboration of our Angel Loupi, she developed several strategies to protect her sowing :
- Build a frame and cover it with wire-mesh for hens to make a cage to place on the sowing.
- Use a mini-greenhouse from the store (also for the sowing inside).
- Place a sowing veil and fix it solidly to the ground with big stones or small pickets.
- Place crossed sticks (supports of bamboo for example) on the zone of the sowing.
And you, what are your human’s tricks to prevent us from gardening ?
Angel Loupi
Simply…. don’t watch!
Rats cause far more damage!
true! i already had my problems with rats!
My humans trick is to not garden at all! Which is a good thing for the plants that don’t get to come live here because she would surely kill them with her black, black thumb.
Our ground where we live is very rocky and Mom is lazy.
Therefore we do not have a kitchen garden
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
We bet that keeps other critters out too.
Mum has paved our garden as she hates gardening but she bought some big blue pots and put some summer plants in them – they don’t need watering as ever since she planted them it hasn’t stopped raining!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
I am sure Claire would be very happy if Loupi could ruin her flower-beds , this year….
That’s obvious… Purrs
Our trick of using a flat piece of chicken wire (with all edges turned under – a must!) for our spring bulbs against the squirrels works very well, though we tend to prefer the mini greenhouse look with a row of wire loops and remay fabric over the crops.
I always bring in the whole garden…and seeds
Pawkisses for a Happy Wednesday 
<3
Our human doesn’t have a garden! MOL!
Not much gardening around here. Mom has a black thumb.
The Florida Furkids
MOL Yous mommy sure is clever to have come up wiff all those ideas. It’s not us mommy needs to purrtect da gawdenin’ fwum, it’s da deer and rabbits. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
The head peep gave up on the garden after the deer kept eating the good parts. We’re so glad that other kitites have more persistent humans who are still making beautiful gadens!
How does your garden grow?
Have a super Wednesday…
Noodle and crew
Mum only does flowers and stuff. No foods. Plus I am not allowed outside to play in the dirt anyway.
What a huge garden! Wow! MomFOD is making one at the new house, but there are rats. We are dealing with RATS! I shall roll in the garden, though, and she will let me, for sur.e – Crepes.
the mom hates it when the nay-borhood orinch cat poops in her garden
We don’t go outside so no garden rolls for us!
But LP has a beautiful flower and plant garden. What does Claire plant?
the critters in the cottage xo
We have flowery bushes like roses, spireas, weigelias or lilac and others ; in the kitchen garden, Claire plants carrots, tomatoes, zucchinis, salads, radish, French beans, green peas, and aromatic herbs. And there is an area with raspberries. Purrs
Our trick is much simpler – we don’t garden… or we restrict our gardening to pot plants! MOL ;0
My mom has to protect our garden too. She uses chicken wire or nylon bird mesh to cover the dirt and that prevents the cats from using it as a litter box. I hope your garden does well. We’ve already had broccoli and lettuce. Next is strawberries and blueberries. We hope to have lots of tomatoes, sweet peppers, and potatoes. Mom has no luck with carrots….maybe next year!