Today a friend asked me for advice on making a cat friendly garden for a couple of felines she has adopted. The question made a wonderful start to my caturday:: I love any sort of opportunity to talk about cats and promote a couple of herbs too.
Living with multiple cats can be a challenge. Even when they are siblings, as my three cats are, some cat personalities don't jive well together. Catnip can be a huge help to keep nervous kitties calm and maintain friendly relationships between felines. Catnip is a nerve tonic and very relaxing.
Now that our front patio is surrounded by thriving catnip plants our two "frenemies" get along better than ever. Even stray and neighbor cats come by to nibble on a bit of these leaves.
Catnip is pretty common in plant nurseries these days. As it is an herb meant for human and cat's use, going organic is best. These plants are easy to grow from seed too. Here is a great option from Plant Good Seed if you are based in the United States. They also have Cat Grass which is a must for any urban or indoor cats who don't have much access to greens.
Then there is water. Cats need water and much more than people expect, especially if you have more than one cat. I have an indoor and outdoor bowl which I fill daily sith filtered water.
Both are ceramic bowls and this outdoor one is tucked into a potted plant of thyme. The cats prefer it because it is slightly elevated and surrounded by their little garden.
Happy Caturday π
Beautiful kitties ! You're lucky yours drink the filtered water, ours will drink it too, but only if there isn't a disgusting muddy puddle they can find.
Catnip and catmint are different plants, but very closely related. Catnip has whitish flowers, while catmint has purple ones.
There's another way to tell the difference.... When I was young and irresponsible I tried both after running out of anything else to smoke, and found another way to tell the difference; catnip was smokable and herbal, not unpleasant but that was it, while catmint definitely caused a very slight buzz π
Oh good to know! In books & online people say the names are interchangable but now I see what you mean about the flowers. I've been curious about smoking the herb as well, I suppose I will have to wait until I get a hold of catMINT! Thanks for the helpful info & correcting me in a kinda way, truly appreciated πππ
The cats looks so cute, my heart can't bear such cuteness, and the way they feel so relaxed ease my mind tooo
Aw!! Thanks so much ππ they are living a happy life.
@calendulacraft they sure are
πππ so lovely you have very cute guardians β€οΈ
I love them so much!! πππ