| Those living in condos and apartments may love to | | | | plants can be killed by cats napping on them in the |
| have a beautiful garden of flowers. Sadly, no one | | | | sunshine, keeping them from growing, but cat urine |
| knows of a flower garden design without dirt. This is | | | | can do just as much damage because it contains |
| not readily available if you live in shared dwellings. | | | | ammonia. |
| You should know, there are managers of these | | | | If there are not families of cats running all over your |
| condos and apartments that do not have a problem | | | | apartment complex, then you do not have to be |
| with a resident planting a garden if it is away from | | | | concerned with this. However, many apartment |
| the area where people come and go to their | | | | complexes have to take action to protect their patio |
| apartments. | | | | garden design. There are ways to discourage cats |
| They could actually be benefiting from your plantings | | | | from getting in your plants. Using a fertilizer with |
| as long as the flower garden design is attractive | | | | chemicals can keep them away while feeding the |
| looking. If you are not the container gardening type, | | | | plants. |
| you never know until you ask. They may say no and | | | | Just like many other animals, cats are very particular |
| give you a look. Instead, they might tell you a good | | | | about what will stop them from doing something |
| area for planting your garden. | | | | they want to do. Another method using skewers |
| We are going to suppose, for the purpose of writing | | | | placed in the soil of the pot will help. Make sure they |
| this piece, that your only option is a patio garden. A | | | | are placed in the pots while seeding so you will not |
| patio garden design will require that you follow rules | | | | run the risk of injuring root systems. |
| that are fairly strict, but they will allow you to have | | | | Buy plenty of skewers. The cat is quite unrelenting |
| great looking flowers that will grow. | | | | when they make up their mind they want to sleep in |
| Before anything else, you will want to plan the patio | | | | one spot. They may just curl up around the skewers |
| garden design and eliminate the use of plants that will | | | | if there are not many. These are usually found at |
| need full sun for longer than a small number of hours | | | | your grocers and are not expensive. Wooden ones |
| per day. One thing you may not consider is that part | | | | will do just fine. When the plant has had a chance to |
| of the sky will not be visible due to the apartment | | | | grow the soil is not as appealing and the skewers |
| building you are living in. The only way this will not be | | | | may be able to be taken out. |
| a problem is if your patio garden is on a roof top | | | | One thing to remember. If you water before taking |
| because you live on the top floor. But, most patios | | | | off for the day, plants that you have purchased |
| have a roof - even top ones - so this blocks the sky | | | | from your local growers that are healthy and mature |
| as well. | | | | should be checked to make certain your patio is not |
| Next, potted plants are prime sleeping, eating and | | | | angled in a direction that keeps the water from |
| other unmentionable areas for cats. This is especially | | | | draining from the pot. The need for modification may |
| true before the plants have had a chance to grow | | | | be necessary or you may need a particular type of |
| and take up more of the soil. So this attracts cats to | | | | pot for the flower garden design. |
| the soil to do their unmentionable acts. Beginning | | | | |