Only transients. There was a family of kitties in my yard a couple years ago, it was adorable and they helped keep the rat population at bay (my neighbors are an apartment complex with a big dumpster).
Grendel is in charge of garden security from his sentinel tower
lagattina
I don’t have a picture, but our cats (3) have collectively decided that my beet bed makes a great litter box
chi_eats
I am very lucky to have outdoor space in NYC. We found ours in our last apt’s yard as a feral. We started feeding her and she even learned to open the door and let herself in our apt. She was a single mom a few years before we met her and was TNR’d by a local rescue who deemed her too spicy for socialization.
I know Reddit hates indoor/outdoor kitties but she is an expert mouser. I had a dinner in the yard with my girlfriends and she wanted to participate and brought a mouse and ate it with us.
Now she spends her time slacking on the sofa and enjoying chewing on our + neighbors’ catnip from the AM to dinnertime. She doesn’t stray far and I hope her presence will scare off the rodents from my tomato plants.
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Only transients. There was a family of kitties in my yard a couple years ago, it was adorable and they helped keep the rat population at bay (my neighbors are an apartment complex with a big dumpster).
Tuxedo baby <3
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This is Walnut. He’s usually a good boy, but he sometimes decides to roll around in the garden beds…lol
It looks like Donut takes their job very seriously.
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This is Berta, who likes to test the strength of all my baby plants by flopping on them
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Grendel is in charge of garden security from his sentinel tower
I don’t have a picture, but our cats (3) have collectively decided that my beet bed makes a great litter box
I am very lucky to have outdoor space in NYC. We found ours in our last apt’s yard as a feral. We started feeding her and she even learned to open the door and let herself in our apt. She was a single mom a few years before we met her and was TNR’d by a local rescue who deemed her too spicy for socialization.
I know Reddit hates indoor/outdoor kitties but she is an expert mouser. I had a dinner in the yard with my girlfriends and she wanted to participate and brought a mouse and ate it with us.
Now she spends her time slacking on the sofa and enjoying chewing on our + neighbors’ catnip from the AM to dinnertime. She doesn’t stray far and I hope her presence will scare off the rodents from my tomato plants.
https://preview.redd.it/nj9biigq7k4f1.png?width=709&format=png&auto=webp&s=b32f9f8d41c53ff74dc66c1dc1ef957670cfc598
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Albert recently has taken an interest in helping in the garden
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Neighbors kitty loves sitting in the shadey spots
I have a cat named Donut, too! Here she is!
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This is Penna, my faithful garden patroller who is rewarded with a garden bed of catnip. We call it the drug den.
Our tuxedo cat hunts mice, lizards and rats.
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Baby girl holding down my weed barrier while I wood chip the pathways.
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Luna provides grasshopper and miller moth pest control!
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Winston is soooo helpful 🤣
Wait. They’re supposed to help??!
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