Dick Adams wrote:
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin?

yes, many, including the spread of some
nasty diseases.

any child or pregnant woman can be
severely effected.


songbird

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:54:36 -0500, songbird wrote:

Dick Adams wrote:
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin?

yes, many, including the spread of some
nasty diseases.

any child or pregnant woman can be
severely effected.


songbird

Plus there is no upside to using carnivore crap. Carnivores like cats and
dogs produce very little waste because meat is a highly efficient food
source. Herbivores like cows and horses produce vast quantities of
partially digested plant matter which makes excellent fertilizer compost.
The bulk of cat waste is the kitty litter not the crap. You don't want
modern clumping litter anywhere near your garden, it turns into quick sand
and it never hardens or mixes with the soil. About five years ago I tried
dumping used cat litter into some groundhog holes on the theory that it
contains predator urine which would frighten the groundhogs. It was a huge
mistake, the litter turned in to sticky slurry and stayed that way for
years. I eventually dug it out and dumped it in the woods.

You'd be very surprised at just how well human feces works in compost. Basically, all you do is buy a bag of your standard compost from Boots or wherever you get it from, spread some in your garden before laying a great, big poo on top of it and mixing it together with your hands.


Honestly, you've never seen anything like it.
























Ian.

No offence Ian, but you do talk crap sometimes..

hugs and kisses
WD

You'd be very surprised at just how well human feces works in compost.
Basically, all you do is buy a bag of your standard compost from Boots
or wherever you get it from, spread some in your garden before laying a
great, big poo on top of it and mixing it together with your hands.

That's something you would do only out of desperation. Human waste is
doubly bad, first because closely related species carry common diseases,
and humans are by definition the most closely related species, and
secondly because humans are carnivores and carnivores concentrate all of
the diseases of the animals that they eat. The second reason is less true
for people than it is for cats because we cook our food, outdoor cats
don't. The rule should be don't use poop from an animal that you wouldn't
eat. We don't eat closely related species like chimps and we don't eat
carnivores or scavengers.