the furry companions took to gardening very fast by feline standards and followed her around while she was mixing mud ( yes , this enjoyable activity remained very much a constant of sarah 's life on terra two , so much so that after a while she stopped thinking about it and it became a habit like brushing her teeth or brewing morning coffee : she woke up , she got ready for the day , she mixed smelly mud in a bucket , she studied the microbial cultures ) or puttering around in the unfortunate brick colored crumbles .