Thursday Garden Stroll

Hello friends! We know it's Thursday and we should be strolling, but it is chilly and rainy here and so we are snoozing and snuggling instead. 

Okay, okay, we'll stroll a bit. Let's go!

See these palm trees? These are just up the street from us. We wanted you to see how cloudy and blah the weather is here today. Do you feel sorry for us? Probably not, since most of you will be having snow soon and we will be having no snow here by the beach...

These palm trees are how our Moms give directions to our house. "Turn left at the three palm trees..."

We have ONE actual garden photo this week. Mom took this shot of our Zinnias before she did some serious pruning pre-storm. There are still a lot of buds, so hopefully we will get some more pretty Zinnia blooms before the end of the year. 

Pretty pink Zinnia

Thanks for strolling with us today friends! Don't forget to check out the other Feline Gardeners today all around the blogsphere! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Thursday Garden Stroll

Hello friends! Are you ready to stroll in our garden? We are highlighting our flowers today, so let's get started!

Here's our Hydrangea bush. Like all of our flowers this season, it is slow to bloom but it is finally starting to show some color. 

Our sweet peas are coming along nicely, probably because they like the cool temperatures we have been having. We wish you could SMELL them through your computer monitor because they are very fragrant and lovely. 

Our Hibiscus is doing well this year after it was attacked by aphids last year. Mom moved it to a different spot on our porch and it likes the new spot very much!

Our Rose Geranium is looking good. Mom is not a big Geranium fan but she likes this one because it smells like roses and needs very little upkeep. 

This is Valerian, which is also called Neptune's Beard. It grows like a weed here and volunteers all over our yard. We like it because it attracts butterflies. Mom has not yet tried to dry the roots, which is the part of the plant that cats (like us!) love. 

Here is our "Hot Lips" Salvia. It's another plant that the butterflies and hummingbirds love. It's doing very well this year. Mom fed it with fish emulsion. Boy, she sure did smell yummy when she came back in the house that day!

We hope you enjoyed our garden stroll today friends! Don't forget to visit all the other Feline Gardeners today. 
xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

Hello friends! Welcome to the Thursday Garden stroll. We have a lot of activity in the garden this week, the weather has finally turned more seasonal here. Let's get going!

The flower bed is coming along. We had two inches of rain last Saturday (very unusual for California in June) and it helped nudge the flowers along. We planted Zinnias, Cosmos, Poppies and Morning Glories in this bed. 

Look! In this close up you can see that the Cosmos are starting to actually LOOK like Cosmos!

Our "Hot Lips" Salvia is doing well too. The hummingbirds love this flower and we love to watch the hummingbirds. It's a "win win" situation. 

We had to show you our Catnip. We have it in a hanging basket and it's a good thing because we get introoder cats in our yard all the time. 

Did you notice the rose at the bottom of the catnip photo? Here is a close up of it. There were two rose bushes in our yard when we moved in. Mom has maintained them, even though they are not planted in very good spots for roses. This one is SO fragrant. 

Thanks for strolling with us friends! Have a pawsome Thursday!
xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

Hello friends! Welcome to our weekly garden stroll. We don't have a very thrilling stroll this week. Mom didn't get around to taking many photos. Something about going back to work, getting her stitches out, blah blah blah. (humans! sheesh!) 

The only real news this week is that our Moms laid down some drip irrigation in our vegetable beds. It's a good way to conserve water and get water right to the root of the plants. Plus weeds don't grow as much because they aren't getting any water. 

The other news is that we got this metal rooster to keep an eye on our plants. He's pretty cool. We're trying to think of a name for him. Any suggestions?

That's it for this week. (yawn!) Hopefully we will have more actual PLANT photos for you next week! xoxo, Busby

Thursday Garden Stroll

Hello friends! I was just taking a little sunbath. Welcome to the Thursday garden stroll. Some exciting things have been happening indoors in our garden. Yep, we have some baby plants growing from seed that we are starting indoors to be transplanted outside when the weather warms up. Let's take a look!

Remember these tomatoes and eggplants that we started? This photo is from March 4th. 

This photo is from today! We have some lovely little tomatoes and eggplants! When they get a bit taller we will transplant them into small yogurt cups and then eventually they will move into our veggie garden outdoors. Don't worry! We know this stuff is not good for cats to eat. It has a cover over it all day so we don't nom on it. 

We also started some gourmet cat grass seeds. This shot was taken on March 5th. 

This photo was taken today! Soon we will be eating gourmet cat greens! We can hardly wait!

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Have a great day friends! Don't forget to check out what the other Feline Gardners are up to. Visit Master Gardener Jonesie and follow the links at the bottom of her post. 

Happy Gardening! xoxo, Raymond