Night Of The Cat

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I thought I would take a few moments to share the horrific events that occurred here last night. Although I did not catch the varmint red-handed (red-pawed if you will), “Night of the Cat” leapt as freely from my keyboard as do the ferocious felines through the backyards of my neighborhood.

It just so happens that I was getting ready to retire for the evening and went out to the back steps to have my last fresh breath of nicotine. I seldom turn on the back light during this ritual and kept with tradition this night as well. My eyes adjusted slowly as I drew in the noxious fumes of my smoldering cancer inducing device.

My mind suddenly sprang into full gear as my eyes began to ascertain the devastation that appeared before them. I quickly ran in to turn on the light, illuminating the crime scene. I recently placed into this yard an unstable platform of meager construction that would hold my six young Chinese elm seedlings which were newly potted up by only a week. This weeble-wobble of a stand was now lying over on its side with its contents dumped grotesquely before me. The worst of which was my Too Little Fig.

I immediately did what anyone in crisis would do and began the search for survivors. I first rushed the Too Little Fig to a resting place away from the scene to be dealt with later as it seemed to have only minor injuries. The six pots that had been home to the elms were all more than 80% empty. The remainder of what had been their contents was now lying on the ground in such a manner that could only mean that each seedling was buried beneath the rubble.

A quick and careful extraction located all six participants of this ordeal and they were immediately relocated to a makeshift triage I call the dining room table for lack of a more clinical term. I will allow the few pictures to describe the end results as losing a patient tires me so. Some photographs had to be taken after the break of dawn for aesthetic reasons and the crime scene had to be reconstructed due to its disruption during the recovery efforts. Also you will not see any pictures of the Too Little Fig for he is sensitive about his appearance. He sustained a broken neck which had to be wired in place with a touch of adhesive applied.

Thanks in advance for your concern and please send any donations you wish to make to BonsaiTalk.com.

Regards,
Mark

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TreeBay

Sorry for your loss. We've already received the first of what we can expect to be many forum donations in recognition of this travesty.

The seedlings still look pretty good. I think you could help ensure their recovery with a tall plastic bag placed over each "pot " for a couple of days.

Our thoughts are with you.

Regards,

Matt

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thejimmyrigger

Our ficus should meet to deal with their post traumatic stress syndromes. On a windy sunny day, my too little took a mighty fall and lost most of his head. My roommate administered CPR (Collect, Protect and Rewater), sadly the branches that didn't blow away where too dry to root. But, on a lighter note, the accident showed me the tree should've been a raft all along.

I'll see you on the second sunday of every month in the basement of the VFW hall, we'll have old coffee and stale donuts, our trees can munch on some high nitrogen fertilizer.

Good luck!

jim

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kvnharv29

I have had squirrels attacking a couple of my seedlings. They are chewing off branches of my korean hornbeam seedling i have in the yard, about 3 each time and leaving a pile off leaves behind. I havent lost him yet bet he is in critical condition. Sorry for your loss!

-Kevin

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kvnharv29

Also, they dug up and ate my acorns i had planted this spring! I hate varmets.

-Kevin

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washout03

squirrels have an affinity with my wisteria's roots. also, this morning i found my cascade juniper knocked off of its bench. we have about 50 ferral cats in my neighborhood, so i have a good guess as to what caused it.