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dog faeces can it be added to compost heap
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Wheeldon writes "Tumbleweed" wrote in message ... 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. Horses are vegetarians. Chickens are a long way away from us in what they eat and how they digest it. Dogs are carnivores/omnivores. Apart from toxicara, there's the simple possibility that they may have eaten something a bit off and be harbouring some sort of stomach infection - they're close enough to us for there to be a greater chance that whatever they've got will also affect us. That's the theory, anyway! I wouldn't use dog poo, or cat poo, just as I wouldn't use human poo, though I'm quite happy for the uring of all 3 to be on my compost heap. But then again, all the neighbourhood cats crap in my garden, as do the occasional dogs that get in, so why am I worried? And I don't wash fruit before eating it, except when I'm serving it to visitors, and that's never caused me problems. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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