So I got one of those Aerogrow things.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

That indoor hydroponic gardening thing.

I got one for my Dad for Christmas and he's had really good results growing salad greens. So then I got myself one so I could start some vegetables before planting my garden this year. I decided to start out with green beans (since I had such sucky luck with them in the garden last year).

In due time the beans sprouted and began to grow. And then the other day I noticed that some of the leaves were all raggedy and had little holes in them, as you can see if you look carefully at this photo:



Garden pests? In my kitchen? NOOO! How could that happen? What in the world is eating my bean plants? What heinous, pernicious pest is mangling my little indoor garden?

Well, as it turns out, that would be...


So how do you keep ravening cats out of your bean crop?