Well, my Vet Tech-in-training, has been able to get the cat to come to her, let her hold him (a bit reluctant), and will come to the house to eat the cat food.
She's now named him "Leo."
He's very shy, but has stayed evidently. I could use another mouser/rodent control cat. If we can get him to be more friendly, he'll be making a visit to the vet to be snipped.
Speaking of cats, although Aurora has been a pistol lately (getting into my pots and flattening my thyme), she is the "Mom" of our barn cats. Last night she killed a baby rabbit and brought it to the house and fed it to Timmy. She is just sat behind him licking her paws, so proud of herself. Maybe she'll take care of our rabbit problem for us.
The rain never arrived yesterday, and today's it's only a 30% chance. I was able to get 4 rows of green beans (two types), and some mounds of honey nut butternut squash. This year I am planting my squash in with the tomatoes to save space.
I need my "till man" to till more garden area up to finish, but he turned sick yesterday. For some reason, he will not teach me to start the tiller (could be a man thing, not sure). Anyway, he went to work sick, stayed and worked until 5:30pm, came home and went straight to bed. I whipped up some ginger-ale syrup, and gave him hot mullein tea (excellent astringent). He slept all night.
I only had some "sage honey" on hand and used it this time to make the ginger-ale syrup. It did not alter the taste.
Ginger is also great for soothing sore muscles, so I made a double batch. Now I can have a ice cold glass after garden work as well.
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