The weather has been much better these past few days. Considering the sunflower was getting too tall for the greenhouse, I had to come up with a way to keep the plants protected and yet give them more room. Yesterday morning I tried several different propping methods, before finding the perfect solution...pardon the bad pun you are about to read... a fork-lift!
Last night I was going to let the greenhouse sleep outside, but Tera said that I'd better bring it in since it was probably a little bit cold for them. I brought them inside and left them on the table. Who knows what happened in the hours that were to follow!
When i got up this morning I found that the cats (and yes I blame both of them by the suspicious faces they've been giving each other since) had gotten into bother the tray. I did not think that I had to lower the fork-lift in order to keep them out. As it turns out, they got a hold of another one of the sunflower plants, and managed to remove a couple of the tomato peat pods. One of them was found on it's side still in the greenhouse. One was just outside of the greenhouse, resting on its side on the table. The other one.... STILL MISSING. I can't find it. There's not even a dirt trail. BUT, it's definitely gone!
I'm pretty sure they've made a pact to NOT tell me where I can find the missing tomato!
Sunflower growth
another French Radish emerging
progress from the Prolific Straight neck Squash
I've put the greenhouse back on the porch for another lovely spring day of weather. I'm on constant cat watch too trying to find that other tomato and to be sure they don't get any others. I don't think that they'd be able to pull off another stunt in broad daylight!
You've planted such interesting things! I can't wait to see how it all turns out! I think we're going to sign up for a weekly box of vegetables this summer from a local farm, neither of us is interested or "green thumb" enough to grow our own, unfortunately.
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