From the Garden: Making the most of polytunnel growing this winter

IT’S ALWAYS TEMPTING avoid veg patch when is this grim and ground so wet, but time for that. weekend, where it From the Garden: was and dry even though rain was pelting down plastic outside. It feel like we’re finally end of – remarkably there were some tomatoes and cucumbers gather, and though I out some more plants compost.

Beast Mode is Slate’s pet advice column. Have a question? Send it to beastmode@slate. com. We love dogs and cats equally, and reserve treats for questions about your turtle, guinea pig, bird, snake, fish, or other beast. We recently got a 7-week-old kitten. We keep her (for now) in a roughly 10-by-10-foot spare bedroom. She’s everything we want. She’s feisty, funny, purry, and adorable. She eats well. The only problem is that she refuses to use a litter box. She is very small (1. 5 pounds), but we took that into account. cat spraying my bed We bought a cat box designed for training kittens and have used litter attractant spray. When she went to the bathroom elsewhere, we moved the box under the bed to where we saw her going most frequently. When that didn’t work, we switched to a very fine grain litter. We’ve put her into the litter and mimed scratching. We’ve put her poops into the box after she does them. We’ve even cut out the spots where she’s peed on kitten pads and put those in the box to make it clear where the pee and poop go.

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