Friday, 22 July 2016

The Pet Parade Blog Hop No: 153 ~ Hosted by Rascal & Rocco Co-Hosted by Basil & Love is Being Owned By A Husky & Barking from the Bayou

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Welcome to another Friday on the blog and the Pet Parade.

Last week we mentioned that we were going to crop the catmint and it did actually happen!  But before we get to that, Summer at Sparkle Cat already beat us to it [Great minds think alike! MOL]  Summer cropped hers last Caturday, and we have a question or two fur her:-

Summer how's the nip drying where mew are?

and

How much potency do mew think will be lost in the drying process?

As we've neffur done this before, we're curious to learn more :)

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Here's a brief montage of our amazing furst time cropping skillz


It was all paws on deck as the call went out around the garden:

'The catnip cropping session is about to begin!'

The merchandise was taste tasted before selection, so we got the juiciest most potent stems.  As mew can see it all became a little too much fur Smoochie [lightweight! MOL] and he passed out due the intense aromas that burst forth as the snipping began.

Aftur we had several bunches, we deftly tied them up with some furry fetching green string, this in itself was great fun as mew know there's no better combo than nip and string!

A while later, we have no idea how much time did pass between the stringing and hanging but we then hung the bunches under the carport, which has a nice free flow of air and is quite dark so hopefully it will dry slowly and the aroma intensity will remain purretty potent - well we're hoping it will.  We'll have let mew know about that later though aftur the chopping process.

We still have a lot more to crop and the six new plants are coming along lovely which is a good thing as we discovered an ants nest in one of the mill-wheels and that purrticular plant is looking a little bit sickly.  We've given it some diluted seaweed extract and paws crossed, are hoping fur it to revive, but if not we'll put a new one in later in the year when the ants go deeper into the ground.

 All in all it was a most successful furst harvest with the next one happening tomorrow.

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In other news Parsley has signed himself up to be part of:

 BLACK CATS TELL ALL

So if mew're interested in pledging and purrticipating, drop by www.catwisdom101.com and send in your most beautiful pictures!



If mew missed anything this week, here's the latest links fur your purrusal




We'll be back with our usual Selfie Selection on Sunday, so hope mew can join us then.

Wishing mew all a purrfect weekend

Bestest purrs & hugs

Basil & Co xox





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