this is why cats are evil, just FYI

[edenfalling]

When my mom visited on June 8th, she brought me a random pepper plant -- I guess because I was already growing my own peppers and her gardening leans more toward flowering plants than toward edible vegetables. I photographed it on June 11th. As you can see, it was oddly low-set, but very full-leafed and obviously flourishing.




I put it outside on June 18th, to keep my onion company.






Two days later, something beheaded it. I am pretty sure, in this case, the culprit was one of my neighbors' cats rather than a passing squirrel. The dirt had not been disturbed at all, you see, and squirrels just aren't that casually cruel in their destructiveness.




However, a few leaves at the base of the main stem survived, and as the plant has not yet died from shock, I have hopes of its eventual recovery. I moved the plastic info stake closer to the remnant leaves on the off chance that it might serve as a vague deterrent to further attacks. We shall see what happens.

Comments

[rthstewart]

I know this is the Internet and therefore cat lovers abound. I, however, am not among them being a dog person. We lose plants to all manner of things, including rabbits and cats and pecking birds.

[edenfalling]

I am a dog lover AND a cat lover (for completely different reasons, as they are quite different species), but while I think cats are ridiculous, adorable, and often more companionable and loving than one might expect... this does not change the fact that they are made of pure evil. *wry* I think, in fact, that is part of their appeal to many people.

I haven't seen any wild rabbits in my neighborhood, and particularly not ones brave enough to climb up onto an obviously human-built thing such as my porch, but we have squirrels and birds aplenty. And, of course, cats. *sigh*