Pacific Northwest Gardening: Apropos of Nothing v.12, 1 by

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I'm going to have to create a spray to keep my cat and dogs from thinking that my ornamental grasses are snacks. I just want to deter them. There is plenty of grass in the yard they are welcome to eat. So I'm going to spray the grasses with something that will taste nasty to them. I don't want it to hurt them or get in their eyes. Chili pepper spray? Garlic spray (I know it's bad for dogs, and my dogs do not like it, generally turning their nose up at it.) The lemon sounds acidic to me. I don't know how that would do. Anyone have experience with this? Last year I grew a special grass for the cats. They were not impressed.

I can't remember if I posted a photo of my fence thus far. This screens the pot ghetto and work area, which have detracted from the overall experience of the garden for years. I am not a 'neat' gardener and I need to have a work area for storing all my crap and organizing what amounts to an on-site nursery.

I have to do the little roof on the walls, and build the roofed gate. I'm doing a little research on how to accomplish that since these are not in a straight line. I wanted stucco walls, but we had all these cedar fenceboards that needed using and were taking up real estate. I'm going to stain the fence a deep bluegreen with a darker bluegreen framework. I'm using the roof tiles for the wall roof. I was working on it each day until the wind storm. I had the whole day to work on it on Monday, but branches were flying so I thought better of it.