04/26/2009 Cat Grass

I bought a couple of little kits at the grocery and hardware store for growing grass for the cats to eat. This came AFTER Grayson ate so much of my shamrock that it went on to heaven. I didn't have much hope that I would succeed in getting the grass to grow from seeds but folks, let me tell you, it did. In one week, I have gone from having seeds in a little white bowl to having 1 to 2-inch grass. I bought one kit about 3 weeks back and IT HAD NO SEEDS whatsoever. I went and bought 2 more (after peeking to be sure there were seeds included) and spread the seeds among the 3 containers of dirt. The directions said to put the freshly planted seeds in a dark area for 3 days and the seeds should sprout. Well, I forgot about it for a week and when I went to look yesterday, there was tall grass - ready to eat I would say. Grayson has already "discovered" his new plant and started eating on it. I put some right in front of Milo tonight and told him I was going to start serving him a "salad" as an appetizer. He smelled of the stuff but seemed disinterested for now. Wait 'til he sees Gray eating on it. He'll change his mind, I am sure. Anyway, so much for growing grass seed indoors. It really works. I'm going to try and put it in a larger planter and see if it will spread for me. From the way it is thriving, it might not be that hard a trick.