Today, I'm Mixing sand in my composted Manure Pile and Planting Lettuce!

(I don't think I'll draw a picture of that )

I have outdoor cats and they poo in the gardens. Their job is to keep the rabbits and other critters out of the garden,so I can't exactly keep them from doing their business in there as well. I never worried about it.

Anyways,Boleyz,just pour hot bacon grease over that lettuce before you eat it,that'll kill off any nasties

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Interesting thread.

I seriously question whether cat poo is beneficial toward growing healthier and more bountiful crops. One question that comes to mind is; How many people actually save a winter's worth of their accumulated cat litter box contents for use in their spring gardens?

if it was a veggie i was cooking, i wouldn't think much of it. lettuce would be my last choice to plant in questionable soil...but whatever floats your boat.

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"All that is gold does not glitter..."

Hardcore composters grow vegetables in human manure properly composted over two years. It produces a perfectly balanced top dressing for your planting beds according to the Humanure Handbook which happens to be a quite wonderful book that's well worth a look at.

I have a sawdust (pine straw) toilet compost heap in its second year at the moment - I'm not sure if I'll have the nerve to turn it over when it reaches maturity but it's looking good - no odors or flies.

It should be ready in about six months. If anyone would like to buy my ...er, compost just let me know.

Remember that the Earth has been recycling everything organic from day one. By now, I think that it's pretty well got the system under control! Civilization as we know it prospered on that system and is where we are today because of it. Boleyz does stand a chance of getting some sort of digestive problem from eating lettuce grown in that garden. However, the best chance comes from those ambitious wrens looking for cabbage worms. Bird droppings can carry 50-60 different diseases. I eat fresh lettuce right in the garden and don't give it a second thought about what's in the ground. Loads of nightcrawlers down there converting anything organic into manure. I let the plant eats the manure, I eat the lettuce. The natural cycle is broken when I flush my waste down a toilet bowl. That's progress?

Martin

Natural cycle or not, I ain't gonna join the cats and poop in the garden....

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If you walked into any dairy barn around here 40-50 years ago and looked around real good, you'd find a roll of toilet paper! That wasn't for blowing one's nose! On our original farm, the outhouse was permanent. It didn't get moved around as the pit filled. Pit was only a few feet deep and it was closed off by a lattice door. When I was there, it was cleaned out twice a year, spring and fall. Included it with a partial load from calf pens or whatever. However, it wasn't spread on the garden but out on the fields. But like you, I too would draw the line on using it on the gardens. Not because it is bad but rather what the supposed civilized population would think!

Martin

I've pooped in the hog barn on a 5 gallon bucket plenty of times...too far to walk to the house...

I ain't opposed to outdoor pooping...I keep some "Striking Paper" in my truck at all times...I hunt and fish a lot...

I just can't see myself pooping in the garden, that's all... :baby04:

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WE don't want to see you pooping there either...Not gonna yell PICTURE this time...

Patty

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