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Coffee in flower bed
Mar 28, 2008 | 2:29 PM PST
Tag: cats in the garden

My granddaughter hurried into the kitchen to report there was a really bad odor coming into the house from outdoors. I asked what it smelled like. She said, "I've never smelled anything this bad"!  My daughter agreed with her.

I had placed the brewed coffee grounds and moth balls out to keep the neighbor Tom cat away. Mixed with the odor from the cat urine, this was NOT any fragrance any animal or human would want to be around! So the windows were closed and fans turned on in the house. The warmer weather was gone by late and cooler temps allowed us to keep the windows closed today...lol

There was no evidence the Tom visited the garden overnight . I went out first thing this morning to investigate. Placed more coffee out there. My hubby said he was glad I had run out of moth balls...Everyone in the house is hoping the coffee will work so we won't need anymore moth balls..lol

Took 24 cutting of my red tip shrubs in hope to fill in between the ones I have planted out back. I put 12 in water and 12 in potting soil. I love living fences.

Cats in the Garden
Mar 27, 2008 | 1:55 AM PST
Tag: cats in the garden

I read in the Magazine "This Old House" a suggestion to keep cats out of the garden. Coffee grounds even brewed coffee grounds. I have not tried it yet. Tomorrow I will start putting out two days of stored up coffee grounds! After paying  $28 for deer urine it would be cheaper for me to go get that coffee from the local dollar store and spread it all over my garden! The cat urine goes all through my house when I open the windows. This is a neighbor's cat. I know coffee will smell better...lol

My iris are sill standing up so proud but ... not a bloom yet. I bought this near black bearded iris 3 years ago. Last year the bloom was just about to open and my then 2 year old granddaughter picked it right off the stalk and brought it to me just so proud. So this year she had been trained to leave the flowers and just smell them..lol

I haven't felt to good the last two days so I have just been piddling around the flower beds. I found I have a lot of ants that I didn't have last year.