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Tony Sarmiento of Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, shared this photos of his late cat Doris. "She was a polydactyl, we adopted from the Montgomery County Humane Society."

watching the garlic grow...

Next week, I'll share some fun pics of Tony's current cat, Cali.

Invasive Cats

Louisa of Thanksgiving Farms in Adamstown, MD, shared this photo. She said: "When planting cats in the garden make sure to leave room. They like to spread. They prefer a sunny location in the morning with cool afternoon shade. Some cats are invasive like the one pictured. She has attached herself to a soft, low growing mondo grass. To keep cats from multiplying please spay and neuter. I always recommend planting cats in the garden. They add movement and interest to any setting."

I visited Louisa's home garden and came across this kitty and several other feral cats. Here (below) are the best captures I could get of these flighty felines.

See a previous Garden Cat share from Louisa here: https://catsingardens.blogspot.com/2015/09/warning-invasive-species.html

Trumpet Blast

Lindsey Konkel, a Science, Health, Environmental Journalist, shared these cute pics of her kitty on Instagram and I asked her to share more about them. 

Lindsey said, “ Trumpet is 6 years old, and we've had her since the day she was born. We adopted her mom, Misty--a stray, while my husband was in veterinary school at Tufts University, and we were living in Worcester, MA. Little did we know, she was pregnant and gave birth to two kittens, Trumpet, and her sister Charlotte, a few weeks later. We kept all three of them (see family portrait below from 13 weeks in July 2012)." 

"They're primarily house cats, but have loved exploring the outdoors from a young age. (See a few pics posted here from some of their first outdoor adventures as kittens.) I typically take them outside a couple of times a day for some supervised garden time--usually once in the morning and then around lunch time. They know when it's time and line up at the back door. It's become part of our daily routine, and I think I enjoy it as much as they do. Trumpet is my little bug hunter. She likes hiding in the ivy and 'stalking' her prey.”

Pennock's Cats

Jenny Rose Carey, senior director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Meadowbrook 

Farm in Jenkintown, PA, shared information on the PHS Meadowbrook cats. 

She said, "The ginger cat is Rocket. The black cat is Jug Head. They are very cute. Rocket sometimes follows tour groups around the garden. On a recent Thursday, I was giving a flower arranging workshop and he came to check it out."

Meadowbrook Farm was designed and created by J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. (1913-2003), and remains his garden legacy.

Photo sources: PHSonline.org and Yelp.