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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:43 PM
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Today's Cat-e-chism lesson.
Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 02:10 PM by Liberal Veteran
Thou shalt not try to possesseth felines and houseplants, for surely it will end in woe as the feline will consumeth thy plants and/or createth a mess on thy rugs.
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:45 PM
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1. LOL...I love it!
That also applies to overly active children.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:45 PM
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2. Ain't that the truth! Preach on!
:)

I've discovered that the secret is to live in a loft apartment like mine with 12 foot ceilings and exposed sprinkler pipes :). You can then hang the plants at a height that excludes kitty intervention.

It took me several months to realize this, but it works quite nicely :)
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:48 PM
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3. How do you water the plants????
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 02:00 PM
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4. Turn on the sprinklers, of course!
;)
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 03:25 PM
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9. hahahahahhaha but of course.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 02:40 PM
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6. The same way I put them up. Get out the taller ladder.
My plan for the future is to put a little hook on the wall and have all the plants hung with twine and the twine run over the sprinkler pipe then to a pulley at the wall/ceiling junction. Then I can tie the twine off to the hook, and lower them as needed for watering :).

This will be a project come spring.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 03:24 PM
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8. Very clever. You should probably use some sort of wire or chain.
Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 03:24 PM by BrklynLiberal
Twine will wear out and the plants may fall.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 03:37 PM
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10. True. I'll come up with something though. The twine I'd use is pretty
heavy hemp twine though. I doubt it would break without some serious effort :).
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 02:10 PM
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5. I grow oat grass for them
That gives them something to throw up so they won't get bored with just throwing up their food.
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gypsy11 Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 02:59 PM
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7. I have cats and house plants
Currently I have 3 cats and around 50 house plants. I grow grass for the kitties and they mostly eat the grass. Sometimes they like to snack on the plants, but not often.
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