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You are here: Home / Diary / Photo Hunt: Plant

Photo Hunt: Plant

October 12, 2013 By: Sparkle Cat33 Comments

Except for silver vine, the only plant that counts,

Well, what did you expect to see here? My human is too lame to grow silver vine, but catnip thrives with neglect, apparently.

This is MY nip! No, it's MY nip!

We didn’t have time for an actual nip party this week (just a lot of box treats), but my human found some outtakes from a nip party we had in July, 2012. (Don’t worry, we’ve had lots of nip parties since then.) Here are Binga and I debating ownership of this pile of fresh catnip.

Mmmm, divine!

Here I am, taking in an intoxicating whiff. This is good stuff!

She figures if she chomps it, no one else will take it

Binga is taking a big bite here… but she’s not exactly eating it. What she’s doing is bruising the leaves so that it releases more of the essential oil nepetalactone so she can get higher. My human learned cats do that when she was working on the Catster story on kitty intoxicants. Now you know too!

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  1. Clooney says

    October 14, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Binga, you are a smart cookie in the world of intoxicants!

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  2. Maxwell, Faraday & Allie says

    October 13, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    We SO agree. this is the ONLY way to observe PhotoHunt: PLANT.

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  3. Mike says

    October 13, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Hmmmm been awhile since my cat has had some catnip. Think I may have to buy him some! Nice photos!

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  4. Rose says

    October 13, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    How fun to have homegrown catnip! You are some lucky kitties.

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  5. IndulgedFurries says

    October 13, 2013 at 10:17 am

    You have a good-sized plant growing there. I have a small plant outside but I don’t respond to nip. I like to go by and smell which other neighbor kitties have visited my plant.

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  6. Glogirly & Katie says

    October 12, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    You lucky kitties!
    Glogirly can’t grow anything except refrigerator science experiments.
    ; ) Katie

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  7. Grrreta:Ambrose, Clarence, Teddi, Baskin, and Abner says

    October 12, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    We are very impressed by the huge pile of nip at your nip party. We’re drooling just thinking about it.

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  8. The Island Cats says

    October 12, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    Mmmmmm…fresh nip is the best.

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  9. Tillie and Georgia says

    October 12, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    We could have had catnip too, if only Mom planted the darn seeds !
    Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
    Treasure,Tiger, JJ and Julie

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  10. Spitty the Kitty says

    October 12, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    Do you girls get the munchies after a good ‘Nip session? I hope your Human has excellent snacks to offer after you get high. It’s only polite.

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  11. Sue Brandes says

    October 12, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Sounds like something I could grow. My cats would love some fresh catnip. You are so lucky to have one of those.

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  12. Brian says

    October 12, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    Y’all sure are lucky to have such a terrific plant!!!

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  13. Cathy Keisha says

    October 12, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Whoa! I didn’t know that last factoid. I like the nip after it’s been dried. I eat it but don’t roll around in it. I bet we could grow the vine somewhere in the USA.

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  14. Kitties Blue says

    October 12, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    We wish it were true that catnip thrives with neglect. ‘Cause ours was neglected when our humans were away and now it is toast! We’re going to have to start all over next spring. We think those who have catnip should not complain that they do not have silver vine. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  15. Cheysuli says

    October 12, 2013 at 1:28 pm

    I love a bit of nip now and then. But not so much as Ichiro and Gemini.

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  16. the PDX pride says

    October 12, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    Yummy!!! *slurp* Glad you got the book just fine! Sorry you can’t attend the book launch party, though. Be sure and check out the website afterward, because we’ll be leaving it up for the informational links & videos (and the free poster).

    Reply
  17. Famous SpokesGoat Pricilla says

    October 12, 2013 at 11:18 am

    It looks like you two are going to whap each other

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  18. Loupi and Zorro says

    October 12, 2013 at 10:47 am

    Great pile of catnip ! We should remember Mum to plant it in the garden instead of her uninteresting stuff like greens… Purrs

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  19. Katie Bella says

    October 12, 2013 at 10:46 am

    Girls! You gave me a great idea!

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  20. speedyrabbit says

    October 12, 2013 at 9:53 am

    nice looking Nip Sparkle,xx Speedy

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  21. feeling beachie says

    October 12, 2013 at 9:47 am

    Alex would always eat plants and get sick so we haven’t had a plant around here in years…

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  22. Athena says

    October 12, 2013 at 9:15 am

    That nip looks lovely.

    Great pics too. Especially the second one 🙂

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  23. Laila and Minchie says

    October 12, 2013 at 9:03 am

    That’s our favorite plant! Great Photo Hunt!

    Reply
  24. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal says

    October 12, 2013 at 8:40 am

    I wish my human had green fingers so we could plant Nip !!
    XOXO

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  25. Caren Gittleman says

    October 12, 2013 at 8:21 am

    your human did a MUCH better job with HER nip than mine did! LOVE, CODY

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  26. Texas, a cat in... Austin says

    October 12, 2013 at 7:49 am

    I wish my human would plant catnip again. But she was told the season to buy a nip plant is spring (of course she is too lazy to grow it herself!).

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  27. Sometimes, Cats Herd You says

    October 12, 2013 at 7:34 am

    We have never had fresh catnip, only dried. We are going to have to file a Cat Union grievance about this.

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  28. Angel Abby says

    October 12, 2013 at 7:03 am

    There’s nothing as good as fresh organic catnip!
    Nommilious!!
    Happy Caturday!

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  29. Deb Barnes - Zee and Zoey says

    October 12, 2013 at 6:38 am

    We must have the lamest human on planet earth… all these years she claims to love us and never once has she grown the nip for us… We demand our rights…

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  30. The Kitties of Purring Pines says

    October 12, 2013 at 4:53 am

    We completely obliterated our nip plants this year. Next year mommy is going to hide it until it’s a good size. Happy Caturday!

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  31. Madi and mom says

    October 12, 2013 at 4:51 am

    That is some fine looking nip…I do believe I got a whiff of it all the way over here.
    You are all looking very lovely today
    Hugs
    Madi your bffff

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  32. Marg says

    October 12, 2013 at 4:31 am

    Our Catnip plant seems to survive absolutely everything. The cats chew on it, lie on it and it still keeps right on growing. We don’t get very excited about it here in the house though. Weird. Hope you have a great day.

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  33. Hannah and Lucy says

    October 12, 2013 at 1:27 am

    That looks like a great pile of nip there – we’ll see you later when you’ve come back down to earth! Enjoy.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

    Reply

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