Try growing it from
seed outdoors -- they'll leave it alone till it's bruised.

There's an old saying, "If you sow it, the cats won't know it; if you
set* it, the cats will get it." Seems to hold true.

The opposite proved true for me. I could not grow catnip from seed, as soon as
it had a few leaves, the cats would eat it. Instead I bought a big plant in
the fall and I guess they didn't notice it till the next spring and by then it
was plenty big enough for them to enjoy it but too big for them to destroy.

Joelle
If you want to make God laugh, tell him what you are doing tomorrow
Father Mike