Cat Gardening Tips * Your Garden of Eden
The cat is in the middle of the yard, eyes closed in some great Universal knowing on my new flower transplants. We flow in my Garden of Eden as one, her walking along beside me but not too close. She stays just far enough away so that a bag of Miracle Grow does not land on her. We have worked out a new gardening system. No more smashed transplants and seedlings.
SPIRITUAL CAT GARDENING TIPS
Don’t be in agony in your Garden of Eden. Instead, bury your clay or plastic pots half way up in the soil at a tilted angle. Plant your transplants or seedlings in these tilted pots. An awkward angle will be much too uncomfortable for a meditating cat to lie on. When the flowers are well established and strong, spilling from their pots like brightly colored Kool-Aid, your cat is less likely to hurt them. My cat loves to sit between the pots, as if flanked by fort walls on all sides. Who knows what goes through her mind. Another plus is in pots your flowers are up higher and display wonderfully.
PUT SMALL TREE STUMPS IN YOUR GARDEN
Cats will be cats and love to mark their territory by scratching with claws or bare paw pads. Place an occasional stump here and there for a natural look, as well as a wonderful place for feline scratching and naps in the sunlight. Stumps will help take the place of your favorite plants.
A CAT NIP GARDEN JUST FOR THEM
Especially great for cats is a little garden of Cat Nip. Place a peaceful sculpture in the middle of their Cat Nip garden or push a Sheppard’s Hook into the dirt and hang your favorite chimes. As the chimes sway and tinkle peacefully in the breeze above your Buddha Cat, you will wish you were as much in ecstasy as they are. For extra consideration place a tree stump in your cats Herb Garden. As he/she basks in the sun, they will inhale the fragrance of Herbs with a smile. Of course each cat is unique in its nature.
TREES
I believe trees are old souls. They stand motionless but are in fact in constant change. Like our skin, they are forever replacing the cells of their bark. Like us their beautiful green hair leaves grow in spurts in the spring and summer. Like us their root system courses underground like the vascular system within our own bodies. And like us, {if lucky} their life span is about 80 or 90 years old. Observing the rhythm and flow of their environment and seasons what secrets cats and trees must know about the world.