MIttens patrol
Mittens spends quality time patrolling the back corner of the garden - a thoroughfare for rats.

Keeping Pets Safe from Traps in the Garden

Continue ReadingKeeping Pets Safe from Traps in the Garden

How do we keep pets safe from traps in the garden? If you've read this blog or watched our videos you've met Mittens, our beloved mouser / squirrel chaser / chicken protector. She eats rats whole...she is a nose-to-tail carnivore.

Read more about the article Ask Gardenerd: Cats in my Garden
Mittens is enjoying her cat grass.

Ask Gardenerd: Cats in my Garden

Continue ReadingAsk Gardenerd: Cats in my Garden

A great question came in from Michele this week about trouble with cats in the garden: "My next door neighbor has several cats and she insists on letting them run loose. One of them has been digging in my raised beds, destroying some young seedlings - and what's worse, defecating in them. Do you know of any non-toxic products that will keep him out??" Hi Michele, we are quite familiar with cat issues in the garden. We find cat poop…

Cat Grass for a Happy Mittens

Continue ReadingCat Grass for a Happy Mittens

Cats love chewing on grass. And corn seedlings, apparently (ugh!). And young cover crops (double ugh.) In order to keep Mittens out of the raised beds, we've planted a flat of cat grass just for her. She's enthralled. The convergence of two things brought this on: free Cat Treats, Mixed Gourmet Greens grass seeds arriving from Renee's Garden Seeds (thanks, Renee's Media Kit 2014), and some freshly germinated Sonora White Wheat from our germination test at Seed School. Renee's Cat…

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Mittens likes cover crops

Cats in the Garden: Our New Addition

Continue ReadingCats in the Garden: Our New Addition

There's a new member of our garden's ecosystem, and her name is Mittens. This little black and white cat arrived to our neighborhood in November, and has been courting us ever since. She won us over with her gentle regard and loving disposition, and the fact that she'd sit in my lap all day if I let her. Mittens investigated our back yard, watching our chickens but not attacking. That was the big test. If they could get along, she…

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