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A quickie post before bed.
The Jaime/food problem came to a head this afternoon, lol. When I came home from work the bag of cat food, sitting on the counter next to the stove, was in shambles, torn into. You veteran cat owners are shaking your heads at me that I was naive enough to leave the bag of cat food out in the open like that, but I honestly didn't even *think* of it as being a problem. I'm not used to having a pet who can jump that high and get to stuff on the counter. It never occurred to me that Jaime could/would get to it.
Who knows how much he ate, lol. He probably glutted himself. He totally didn't meow for food like he usually does when I get home -- GEE I WONDER WHY. I ended up putting the food into two gallon-sized Ziplock bags and storing it in the cupboard where it belongs. Later on, if you can believe it, he begged for food. I gave him his usual 1/3 cup plus 1-2 tbsps of wet food, and he gulped it down. And asked for more! I swear I don't know why he's so hungry all the time. Now I'm wondering if he has a medical condition or something (worms? parasites?) wherein all the food he ingests goes somewhere else and that's why he acts like he's starving.
The whole bag-being-ripped-into thing is particularly ironic considering I had taken the advice of several people and purchased an automatic feeder online. But of course that won't be arrive for several days yet. Sigh. I got one that has a timer -- you can select a certain amount of food (from 1/4 cup to 2 cups) for it to dispense, up to 3 times a day. I figure that will be really good for when I'm traveling. I also have a Catmate fountain that holds enough water to last 1 cat for several days (at minimum), but both Jaime and Talis prefer a regular bowl of water rather than the fancy filtered fountain. SIGH.
Meanwhile, I have taken some pics of the garden!! It's actually at a pretty promising stage, so hopefully the weather will hold out and not drop down to the 50s again.
This is the zucchini seedling that I had to plant after the last one got eaten by birds or rabbits or whatever. I've put some netting on it to hopefully prevent that from happening again.
The tiny strawberry patch, all netted, see? It consists of 4 squares of my SFG, lol. I always heard/read about strawberry runners taking over, but I haven't seen a single runner yet. They seem fairly well contained.
The fruit's being shaded by the big strawberry plant leaves, which I have lifted to peek at the fruit underneath.
A ripe strawberry. I haven't picked it yet, I want to see if it can get to an even deeper shade of red and be even sweeter. We'll see tomorrow, unless the birds get to it first (hopefully not with the netting in place). Isn't it beautiful, though? A strawberry from my very own garden! <3
Here's the teeny baby tomato that I was so excited about. It's adorable. I really hope to see more of them soon!!
Carrots, badly thinned. At this point with them I'm like, oh whatever, may the strong survive. They look pretty good from the top, but who knows what the actual carrots look like.
This is Jaime's catnip. It wasn't nearly this big when I first got it, it's really thrived outside. Catnip is in the mint family, so it's pretty easy to grow.
Annnnd this is the chocolate mint, which has gone kind of crazy. I wish everything were as laid back and easy as mint. If you rub a leaf with your fingers and sniff, it actually smells deliciously like chocolate mint.
The Jaime/food problem came to a head this afternoon, lol. When I came home from work the bag of cat food, sitting on the counter next to the stove, was in shambles, torn into. You veteran cat owners are shaking your heads at me that I was naive enough to leave the bag of cat food out in the open like that, but I honestly didn't even *think* of it as being a problem. I'm not used to having a pet who can jump that high and get to stuff on the counter. It never occurred to me that Jaime could/would get to it.
Who knows how much he ate, lol. He probably glutted himself. He totally didn't meow for food like he usually does when I get home -- GEE I WONDER WHY. I ended up putting the food into two gallon-sized Ziplock bags and storing it in the cupboard where it belongs. Later on, if you can believe it, he begged for food. I gave him his usual 1/3 cup plus 1-2 tbsps of wet food, and he gulped it down. And asked for more! I swear I don't know why he's so hungry all the time. Now I'm wondering if he has a medical condition or something (worms? parasites?) wherein all the food he ingests goes somewhere else and that's why he acts like he's starving.
The whole bag-being-ripped-into thing is particularly ironic considering I had taken the advice of several people and purchased an automatic feeder online. But of course that won't be arrive for several days yet. Sigh. I got one that has a timer -- you can select a certain amount of food (from 1/4 cup to 2 cups) for it to dispense, up to 3 times a day. I figure that will be really good for when I'm traveling. I also have a Catmate fountain that holds enough water to last 1 cat for several days (at minimum), but both Jaime and Talis prefer a regular bowl of water rather than the fancy filtered fountain. SIGH.
Meanwhile, I have taken some pics of the garden!! It's actually at a pretty promising stage, so hopefully the weather will hold out and not drop down to the 50s again.
This is the zucchini seedling that I had to plant after the last one got eaten by birds or rabbits or whatever. I've put some netting on it to hopefully prevent that from happening again.
The tiny strawberry patch, all netted, see? It consists of 4 squares of my SFG, lol. I always heard/read about strawberry runners taking over, but I haven't seen a single runner yet. They seem fairly well contained.
The fruit's being shaded by the big strawberry plant leaves, which I have lifted to peek at the fruit underneath.
A ripe strawberry. I haven't picked it yet, I want to see if it can get to an even deeper shade of red and be even sweeter. We'll see tomorrow, unless the birds get to it first (hopefully not with the netting in place). Isn't it beautiful, though? A strawberry from my very own garden! <3
Here's the teeny baby tomato that I was so excited about. It's adorable. I really hope to see more of them soon!!
Carrots, badly thinned. At this point with them I'm like, oh whatever, may the strong survive. They look pretty good from the top, but who knows what the actual carrots look like.
This is Jaime's catnip. It wasn't nearly this big when I first got it, it's really thrived outside. Catnip is in the mint family, so it's pretty easy to grow.
Annnnd this is the chocolate mint, which has gone kind of crazy. I wish everything were as laid back and easy as mint. If you rub a leaf with your fingers and sniff, it actually smells deliciously like chocolate mint.
