Broen the cat plants a veggie garden

Hi There!

You must be wondering "Why am I reading a blog written by a cat today?" Well, the food-dispenser lady (let's just call her mum) has been very busy last week with publishing her first academic paper. But of course I know that the readers of her blog are much more important than those dusty scientists, so being a good cat like I am, I volunteered to help her with making a blog today!




It all began when mum came home with some vegetable-seeds. The Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket had been handing out  "mini-moestuintjes": little boxes with seeds and dirt, that allow you to grow your own fruit and vegetables.

a vegetable garden for gnomes!

The instructions say that you just have to add water, but well, that's a bit too plain for a stylish cat like me. So I decided to upgrade the project into something a bit fancier. This was what I used:

- one of mum's vintage cups ( she never uses them anyway)
- the vegetable seeds from the grocery store ( we had rucola and beans)
- some extra dirt

Ready to get my paws dirty!

Here's what I did!

First, I poured some dirt into the cup.

sniffin' to see if the dirt is good. 

luckily, the dirt was just about right! I don't know how mum does it without the sniffing. She must really suck as a gardener, I think. 

Planting the seeds!

Of course, I ate one, which is a crucial step in planting a seed, as you all know!

Nom!

Then, I added some extra dirt to cover the seeds, and added a good bit of water. A little extra water in the beginning, helps the germination process.

Almost finished!

The last step was adding a little label to each cup, telling which seeds were in which cup. plus: it looks much cuter with a little label!

I have impeccable hand writing for a cat.

I think it makes a pretty nice gift as well, don't you think? As soon as the seeds need it, we'll place a big jar upside down over de cup the keep it moist.

Whoo! So that was my first craft ever! If I don't eat all the seeds in meantime, our garden should look like this in a few months:

A paradise for bug-hunting!

I'm off take a nap, I hope you have enjoyed this post!