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dog faeces can it be added to compost heap
"Tumbleweed" wrote in message ... "ned" wrote in message ... Tumbleweed wrote: "lee hudson" wrote in message ... is it safe to add to my heap if all i am going to do with the compost is use it for flowers in the garden Only if you'd normally spread dog shit over your flower beds, in that case go ahead. BUt dont lick your lips after picking flowers. So what has faeces in the ground got to do with picking flowers? Well, if I smeared dog shit over your flowers you probably wouldnt care to pick them. So why do it voluntarily? Its not as if we are so poor we need the fertiliser. You sit on the grass which has been defecated on by all manner of God's creatures, with hands spread wide behind you, and never think twice about daintily eating your cucumber sannies (with little finger raised, of course). ;-) The grass in my garden hasnt generally been shat on by dogs or cats, both of which can contain nasties hazardous to human health. And nor would I go out of my way to spread shit over my lawn. Why would you do it? What benefit would accrue from doing so that would outweigh even a tiny health risk? I'm a bit puzzled by this. All the gardening books/ programmes say don't put it on the compost heap, but we all use horse and chicken manure quite happily. The website referred to in an earlier post suggests that they are v high in phosphates from bones. My dogs eat dried food and vegetables but no bones; they are wormed every six months so are unlikely to have toxicara worms. I don't really grow veg. So what's the problem? Dog poo is only a small fraction of the total compost. I'd be very happy to get some sound advice on this. Anne |
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