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Composting dog doings
I'm about to adopt a greyhound. She will be my first dog since uni, and
(in a flurry of fencing and putting up gates) I've started to think about the 'disposal problem'. I don't fancy dog doings in my main compost heaps. This is probably illogical: they do get pretty hot, and I do sometimes pop dead rodents and small rabbits in there(presents from the cats), plus most of my shrubs must be liberally mulched with cat doings anyway. But I just don't like the idea. I have got a big box of biodegradeable paper/card poop scoops, and I reckon it must be possible to dispose of these in the (largish, childfree) garden in some way with reasonable safety. What's the best approach? Dig a deep hole and stick a cover on the top? (bedrock is approximately only 2-3 feet down in most of the garden, so a real pit is not really feasible. I suppose I could do the pond thing and use the original diggings to build up the sides a bit.) Have a separate compost heap for use on non-food plants only, layer poo with grass cuttings, and handle the results with gloves? Something else? All suggestions welcome! I really don't want to put them in the bin: we have a landfill shortage problem down here, and apart from that our binbags sometimes get the attention of the local fox, so I try to only put things in the bin that I don't mind cleaning off the lane the next day if necessary. ;-) Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
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