Benefits of incorporating sustainable design: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability teaches Manchester School of Architecture (MArch) students

People here hate them.

Hope you’re ready for more Christmas because I’ve got a few projects up my sleeve that I’m trying to get done in between karate chops to my pancreas.If you have some sweet (or not so sweet) feline friends living under your roof, there’s a good chance that you’ve had to deal with them getting into house plants or flowers, or really any kind of greenery that you might have around.This seems to be a pretty common problem among pet owners, especially with so many vets and experts recommending that cats stay indoors these days,  but unfortunately there’s no one right answer for fixing these pesky issues.

Benefits of incorporating sustainable design: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability teaches Manchester School of Architecture (MArch) students

Every cat has its own personality and set of likes and dislikes.Your mission here is to find what your own cat really hates and then subject them to it every time they go near your precious plants.It’s a little cruel, but it’s necessary.. My own kitties don’t really love house plants, but they do really enjoy the culinary delights of various cut flowers.

Benefits of incorporating sustainable design: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability teaches Manchester School of Architecture (MArch) students

If I have flowers in the house, they will end up dumped all over the table, usually in the middle of the night so I don’t find them until first thing in the morning.Aren’t pets fun?

Benefits of incorporating sustainable design: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability teaches Manchester School of Architecture (MArch) students

I could put the flowers up high where the cats can’t reach them, but that’s not where I want to enjoy them.

And it’s MY house, darn it!That’s how I managed to get my jars looking so cute, in case you were wondering.

No decorating skills needed!.These cute jar labels are included in the kits too!.

Speaking of jars, here’s a close of up the jars included with the kit..I washed them and then warmed them up in the canner just like it said to in the instructions.. And speaking of the canner….