We have just treated ourselves to a fabulous green solution for storing our unsightly recycling boxes. However, once the top bit is filled with soil and plants, I am concerned that a certain someone may mistake it for the world’s fanciest litter tray. So … how to keep Louis Catorze from doing unwanted business here?
Cat Daddy, rather naively, is insisting that Catorze will never use this as les toilettes royales “because he isn’t allowed out at The Front”. But we all know better, don’t we?
We – well, I – thought about everything from cat-arse-activated sprinklers to filling the top with spiky cacti to deter la derrière royale, but then my mum suggested sedums. No, I had no idea what they were, either, until now.
As far as I can gather, sedums are low-maintenance, semi-succulent plants which (my mum says) will spread quickly, leaving little-to-no soil exposed to tempt wayward cat behinds. And although they are not covered in spines like cacti, they can be quite pointy in places, so I can’t say I would especially want to sit on one.
So, now that we have a genius idea for Roi-proofing our new purchase, all we need to do is ramp up our efforts to keep The Front under lockdown. Player 1 (me) is ready. Player 2 (Cat Daddy), not so much.
If you also fancy treating your cat to a ruinously expensive outdoor litter tray, we got ours from bluum.co.uk. We even managed to assemble it without Cat Daddy losing his temper and without me stabbing either him or myself in the head with the screwdriver.
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Seedum are also really great for bees!!
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Yes, that’s what my mum said, too. Cocoa the babysit cat’s mamma has bees and we often see them buzzing about. 🐝🐝🐝
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Be sure to let us know how it works!
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Oh, you will be the first to know. You can be assured of that!
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Here’s a tip. Don’t plant catnip there!
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I did actually consider it, because I figured he wouldn’t toilet there if he were also going there to get high. Or does it not work like that? 🤔
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You may be right. Maybe it would work better.
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I love it!!! Sedum would be perfect. Your Mum knows her stuff! xx
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She does indeed! Can’t wait to show you pictures of it with the plants in place. 🌱
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The would be a tad expensive as a litter tray, not that he’d appreciate it anyway.
As a kid we had cliff stonecrop in the garden (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_glaucophyllum). Definitely grows dense enough to keep even the tiniest of royal paws off.
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Ooh, that looks just like the sedum that my mum gave us for the planter. Glad to hear it grows densely! Hope it will also grow quickly … 🤞
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I can totally relate – made a dust bath for the chickens, but someone else thinks I made it just for her to deposit her little treasures in. Funny and interesting post!
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Your mum is right. I have sedum in a place I needed ground cover. They spread like crazy and are very sturdy.
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