Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Digging Up Some Dirt #WafflesWednesday

WAFFLES:  Hey Boss, why is Glogirly playing in her litterbox? 


KATIE:  Waffles, that's not a litter box. She's working on landscaping the front of the house. 


WAFFLES:  I don't know, Boss. That's a LOT of dirt. And she's digging around in it like she has to go or something. 

KATIE: Seriously, Waffles. I sincerely doubt Glogirly is going to use her new flower bed as a, well... you know.


WAFFLES:  She's squatting, Boss! She's squatting! 

KATIE:  Pretty sure she's planting, Waffles. 

WAFFLES:  Now she's covering up something!


WAFFLES:  This landscaping stuff looks pretty suspicious if you ask me.


KATIE:  Well, it's a good thing I didn't ask you.


Digging Up Some Dirt
Now that the summer weather has moved in, Glogirly has apparently caught a landscaping bug. When we moved into our new mountain house, the front was a little lacking in terms of curb appeal. Ok, so there are no curbs out here. But there was plenty of room for improvement. Glogirly drew up some ideas then consulted a local expert in native plants and high elevation gardening. Enter her new friend, Tom, from Native Nursery in Golden, CO. Tom stepped in to help Glogirly select beautiful and colorful plantings that will thrive at 8,300'. He even made a trip up the canyon road to deliver everything and help position the plants. All 85 of them. (!)

And he loves cats. So we love Tom.

Glogirly is putting the finishing touches on everything and will share photos soon! She's pretty excited because this is her first-ever project like this. She's lived in condos and townhomes for as many years as she can remember, so her landscaping adventures didn't stray far from a potted geranium.

Now she's got cool sounding plants with names like Little Trudy Catmint, First Love Dianthus and Little Devil Ninebark. Don't worry, it doesn't really bark.



20 comments:

  1. It sounds like Glogirly will have good snax for the deer

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    1. All deer-resistant! ...or so they say. ; )

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    2. "They" told me that about some things and the goats.
      The goats said, "burp"

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  2. Wow! What a cool gardening adventure! My human has lived in houses since 1989, and the last time she had any interest in gardening was... about 1994. And it shows with this house. I'm glad you are not like my human!

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  3. So dat's what my humans are out there doing!

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  4. It sounds so cool to have that much elevation and still to be able to landscape. Even the smallest of plants can have a massive amount of kerb appeal, especially around litter boxes... er... sorry, around flower beds.
    Purrs, ERin

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  5. We can't wait to see the pictures. Our mommy loves gardening.

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  6. Ah Waffles you are so funny!! It's a good thing Katie knows lots of things. I can't wait to see the pics of your new landscaping. Those plants sure have interesting names.

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  7. Can't wasit to see pictures of the finished product. Good for Glowgirly, she'll turn iinto a Master gardner yet!

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  8. mom isn't much of a gardener, but we can't wait to see the results of all those plants going in

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  9. Ooh, do you think you two will get to share some of the catmint? Sounds like a fun project!

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  10. We hope to later see her gardening efforts! Good thing she got some catmint for you two...

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  11. Have fun Glogirly, Dianthus is one of our favorite plants.

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  12. You two are so funny. I wonder if that what my cats are thinking when my hubby is working outside :)

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  13. Yeah, we want pics when you get them. Mum knows that this is a lot of work as she started from not much here too.

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  14. I can't stop laughing. Poor Waffles ... his mind is BLOWN!

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  15. MOL ! Zorro has the gardening skills as you, Waffles ! What a fun adventure ! Can't wait to see the pictures of the garden ! Purrs

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  16. What a cute post!!! You are so creative and the looks on Waffles' face are priceless.

    Don't forget to send us your photos to be included in the 2018 calendar.
    https://cbcatcalendar.blogspot.com/2017/06/time-for-photo-submissions-for-2018.html

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