Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: tillytup on February 16, 2009, 18:52
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i saw an advert earlier that said "bags containing straw, hay, chopped flax and rabbit urine/droppings". Is this any good for putting on a compost heap or is it bad to grow veg in rabbit waste?
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Rabbit poop is good, they are herbivores so same as horse poop etc. :D
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Yeah bung it on, ;)
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good good :D
rabbit sanctuary up the road leaves it out to be collected by whoever wants some
thankyou
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I get loads of a pal who has a herd of 20+ guinea pigs, good mix of hay and poo/wee and woodshavings I have a very large pile rotting away :D
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mmmm yummy lol
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:lol: stinks as you walk up to the plot you can smell it on a wet day ::)
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oh i bet your plot neighbours love you. mr guinea pig poo
i suppose there are worse things you could smell....not sure what tho
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No neighbours on my site it's pretty empty :( even before I got the poo :lol:
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they knew you were coming.. with your smelly compost. How come it's so quiet? i thought most places had waiting lists
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Dunno why it's so quite there's a few with waiting lists in Leicester but for some reason it does not seem as popular as it is in other areas.
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there are spare plots on our site too. I think its because the site manager lady looks angry all the time :lol:
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there are spare plots on our site too. I think its because the site manager lady looks angry all the time :lol:
:lol: not much help tho' ::)
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We have two compost heaps - did have two cats. One now planted (cat not compost heap). :wub:
Cat tray "contents" :tongue2: has been dumped onto the compost heap for the last 14+ years (by OH) along with all vegetable waste from the kitchen and garden shreddings. We have brillilant soil at home several centimetres higher than it was when we moved in 20+ years ago. ("No" we don't really look down on the neighbours - well not much!) :lol:
I know cats are not herbivores so the "contents" of the cat litter tray may not be delectable but the garden is florishing.
The litter tray always holds recyclable litter (mostly paper / wood chips). The additional "contents" added by the cat/s is a relatively small %.
I rush to add that I do not look after the flower-beds and borders at home - my wife's pride and joy. Our veg is grown on the plot by yours truly - hopefully free from litter tray "contents".
So I'd argue that it depends on what you want to grow and how much you add. :unsure:
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Cat poo can spread diseases to humans, even after composting. Toxoplasmosis is occasionally fatal - don't put yourself, your visitors, neighbours, and subsequent residents at risk for the sake of free fertiliser.
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Yeah - I thought that too but you try telling the 101 neighbourhood cats that vist our garden now only one of our two moggies survives and is on her last legs (poor eyes sight these days) so no chance of her telling the others to scat!
Other local cat owners don't seem to provide or encourage the use of litter trays - they (the cats not the owners) use the flower borders instead. Composted there is an increased likelihood of bacteria and other nasties breaking down. Straight into the soil there is very little if it is newly placed. :tongue2:
Trouble is our local cat population is an ignorant group - none can read the small print under the "Keep off, please" sign. ::)
My wife wears rubber gloves when gardening just because it is generally easier to keep her hands clean.
I agree, though, I'd not put a cat littler tray contents anywhere near a veg plot.
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ooooo i was warned about cat poo when i was pregnant. Very dangerous i was told not to even empty the litter tray without gloves.
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You are perfectly right - very hazardous when pregnant... That's when the conversation first came up with my OH (about 26 years ago). I think that is also when she started wearing rubber gloves in the garden.
It's amazing how our closest and most common pets can put us at risk. A common parasite carried by quite a high percentage of dogs and deposited by dogs' poo can cause blindness particularly in children who are more likely than adults to come into contact with it when they play on grass.
Great on playing fields, eh! :tongue2:
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Below (with a lot of luck):
a link to info on cat infections serious mainly to pregnant women
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/isitsafeto/catlitterexpert/ (http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/isitsafeto/catlitterexpert/)
and dog infections that can be serious to anyone but particularly the young
http://www.encams.org/advice/main2.asp?pageid=40 (http://www.encams.org/advice/main2.asp?pageid=40)
I'm not sure that the links will work... apologies if they fail.
Hard to remember Aunty's advice - I should have printed a copy!