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How very true!
A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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How very true!
very good, Lee
"---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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How very true!
"---MIKE---" A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." That was too funny Mike,..thank you.. Kyla ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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How very true!
"Stormmee" wrote in message ... very good, Lee "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." I have to ask for other peoples experience here. I've read of people complaining about cats destroying plants or harming a garden. One of my daughters neighbors went ballistic if a cat even looked at his property. But I've had plenty of cats and lots of plants and never a hint of a problem. Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. Jo |
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How very true!
not at all, the cat wwho was my best friend growing up was indoor/outdoor,
and he loved to pee in my mom's houseplants, particularily spider plants and african violettes... and lock him for 24 hours and it was like he said bring it and i will pee on it if it is growing... no idea about outside plants, Lee "Jofirey" wrote in message ... "Stormmee" wrote in message ... very good, Lee "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." I have to ask for other peoples experience here. I've read of people complaining about cats destroying plants or harming a garden. One of my daughters neighbors went ballistic if a cat even looked at his property. But I've had plenty of cats and lots of plants and never a hint of a problem. Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. Jo |
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How very true!
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:21:43 -0700, "Jofirey"
wrote: "Stormmee" wrote in message ... very good, Lee "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." I have to ask for other peoples experience here. I've read of people complaining about cats destroying plants or harming a garden. One of my daughters neighbors went ballistic if a cat even looked at his property. But I've had plenty of cats and lots of plants and never a hint of a problem. Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. Jo My cats eat the grass in my yard but don't intentionally harm anything else. But I have to put cages around smaller crop plants because the cats will inadvertently step on them or roll on them. |
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How very true!
Jofirey wrote:
"Stormmee" wrote in message ... very good, Lee "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." I have to ask for other peoples experience here. I've read of people complaining about cats destroying plants or harming a garden. One of my daughters neighbors went ballistic if a cat even looked at his property. But I've had plenty of cats and lots of plants and never a hint of a problem. Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. Jo Oh, yes, cats can be a terrible problem for gardeners. My mother once ended up with a rash that she attributed to droppings cats left in the flowerbeds, and the digging to make the hole and then cover them up can uproot plants, particularly small, newly-planted ones, or precious seedlings that have just been planted outside. This tends to make gardeners highly irate. Then, if you've got an un-neutered male wandering the neighbourhood marking the territory...every so often I'd get one who would smell my cats inside and spray next to the door, or he and my cats would try to get at each other through the screen. The most damage I ever had done by cats probably doesn't count, though. One year I tried to grow catnip. It lasted for a brief time, and then I think all the neighbourhood outdoors cats found it at the same moment, and by morning, there was a kind of mini-dustbowl where the plant had been. But I don't expect the serious gardeners who don't like digging in a litter box or losing delicate plants grow a lot of catnip. -- Cheryl |
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How very true!
Jofirey wrote: "Stormmee" wrote in message ... very good, Lee "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... A gnome is in the garden busily destroying some bushes when a house cat appears. "What are you?" asks the cat. "A gnome," comes the reply. "I steal food from humans, I kill their plants, I make annoying music at night to drive them crazy, and I love mischief. And what, may I ask, are you?" The cat replies, "Um, I'm a gnome." I have to ask for other peoples experience here. I've read of people complaining about cats destroying plants or harming a garden. One of my daughters neighbors went ballistic if a cat even looked at his property. But I've had plenty of cats and lots of plants and never a hint of a problem. Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. Jo I don't think it was damage to his plants so much as using his garden as a litter box that disturbed a former landlord. I bought him a supply of pellets that were supposed to discourage cats. Apparently they worked to his satisfaction. (And no, he did NOT hate cats - he wouldn't have allowed them as tenants, if he had.) Of course, cats and INDOOR plants are a separate problem - after several experiences with eating and/or uprooting (including a very large diefenbachia) I gave up trying. |
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How very true!
"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... Anyone else have problems with cats and outdoor plants? I'm pretty much convinced its something just made up by people that hate cats. not at all, the cat who was my best friend growing up was indoor/outdoor, and he loved to pee in my mom's houseplants, Marion's old ginger cat Busby worked out a clever routine when he lived in her top-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh. There was a wide ledge below the windows that extended right along the block. So, late at night, Busby could get out of an open window and wander along a bit. He discovered a neighbour's flat had a usually-open window into a living room with lots of potted plants. It took them months to work out why their plants were dying and their pots smelt funny. Now that's a clever cat! Its just dawned on Charlie that Jake may spend almost the entire day out, but he comes in to use the liter box. Jo |
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How very true!
My only house plant is a Christmas cactus. It's a hanging plant so the
cats aren't tempted. Right now it is blooming. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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