Re: OT: cat-proofing your iris beds
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- Subject: Re: OT: cat-proofing your iris beds
- From: A* P* <a*@academy.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 20:18:11 -0600 (MDT)
Dennis Kramb wrote:
>The best thing I can think of is to put some opuntias amongst the irises.
>(Opuntias are the pear-leafed cacti with 2" spines and boy do they hurt!)
Not the best option if you're planning to get in amongst the irises to weed
or hybridize them.
Christa Royer wrote:
>Your kittens will soon stop wrestling in the beds. Honest. The
>novelty will wear off. And then they will be off to bigger and better
>things.Like squirrels and bunnys.
If they're anything like my young cats, they will then bring their prey to
the iris beds and play with them there. My "kittens" are now two years old,
and still wrestling.
Ann Pearce (who frequently finds the corpses of small birds, rodents, and
rabbits amongst her irises.)
