If anyone owns a cat they really ought to invest in some catmint, if only to see the remarkable effects that it has on the cat. The cat, apparently, does love the stuff.
To at least give our catmint a fighting chance we put an upturned wire hanging basket over the plant.That way the cats do not eat it to the roots or lie on it.
Three types of sempervivums (houseleeks) although I couldn't tell you their cultivars sorry, but one is the ordinary and very vigorous common type which I'm always dividing, with a bunch of the small hairy rosette type which is slower growing and the little pale coloured one at 11 o'clock was rescued from a pot infested with Vine weevils. I had one little stalk left and just stuck it in the gravel but it took well.
To at least give our catmint a fighting chance we put an upturned wire hanging basket over the plant.That way the cats do not eat it to the roots or lie on it.
I'll bear that in mind.
Incidentally, I loved your photo of your pear tree (message 99). It's not often you see a tree that old that has not been mutilated.
With yet another day of work lost due to rain, I decided to get the next sculpture for the garden finished and in position. True to form I have changed the design from how it looked yesterday.
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I love the photo of the Bee's bum,David
Gary , that pussycat really loves your tub
Thankyou Everyone for the lovely comments about our garden - much appreciated
Another rained off day, so rather than waste it, I decided to come up with yet another oak sculpture. I hope to finish it at the weekend.
Beautiful.
Catmint contains a mildly hallucinogentic chemical. Susceptability to catmint in cats is genetic. Catmint only effects about 50% of cats.
I believe that humans can also take catmint, in tea, as a relaxant. There's a lot more about the herbal uses of catmint here:
Herbal Uses of Catmint
If anyone owns a cat they really ought to invest in some catmint, if only to see the remarkable effects that it has on the cat. The cat, apparently, does love the stuff.
To at least give our catmint a fighting chance we put an upturned wire hanging basket over the plant.That way the cats do not eat it to the roots or lie on it.
Three types of sempervivums (houseleeks) although I couldn't tell you their cultivars sorry, but one is the ordinary and very vigorous common type which I'm always dividing, with a bunch of the small hairy rosette type which is slower growing and the little pale coloured one at 11 o'clock was rescued from a pot infested with Vine weevils. I had one little stalk left and just stuck it in the gravel but it took well.
Thanks. Just found this http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/features/structural/growing-sempervivums/1114.html
I'll bear that in mind.
Incidentally, I loved your photo of your pear tree (message 99). It's not often you see a tree that old that has not been mutilated.
With yet another day of work lost due to rain, I decided to get the next sculpture for the garden finished and in position. True to form I have changed the design from how it looked yesterday.