cat and the groundhog

by Marilyn
(lancaster ohio)

I am a senior citizen who raises her garden in containers and two small raised gardens. My cat Mittens, who passed away one month ago, loved to sit on the rail of the raised garden with me while I worked..She always kept her face towards the shed.

There was a bout a 30 pound Ground hog who came each summer and hung around the shed..He would come for supper in my garden eating my tomatoes and green peppers. I always threw down a few for him because he always trampled my vines climbing into them....

Mittens would keep her ears up watching for him to come out. Now this a 5 pound cat up against a 30 pound ground hog...

I would tell her she was not to go near him...But one time while I was sitting there, he came unanounced wanting some
green beans. Her ears went up and she flew
towards him like she was going to tear him up..


Instead of fighting her, he just laid down...and looked at her...She stopped her paws....looked at him...looked at me...as to say feed him...

I got up, grabbed her, pulled some green beans off of the vines and threw them down to him....He sit there eating his supper with out a care in the world..and Mittens was calm and enjoyed watching him dine.

She always looked forward to going to the garden with me and watching for the ground hog.

Sometimes he came out, but always looked her way as to ask is it ok? This past summer the
ground hog did not come. Mittens looked for him each and every time we visited the garden.

This March 14th I lost my beloved Mittens to a thyroid conditon that kept her from gaining weight...

The garden will not be the same with either my Mittens or the ground hog gone, but never forgotten!

Thank you for this garden site...love it