After rain and a few months does cat poo in your garden compost down into mud/grass & safe for kids to play on?
If not how can i make the lawn safe for my kids to play on ?? No cats in my garden anymore so im just trying to get rid of all their mess but its all soft and slushy (sorry) randomly in my garden so even if you pick it up its still left loads on the grass and mud underneath? Im worried about this summer with my kids in the garden playing on grass??
I would get rid of what you can of it. Scoop it, bag it, and landfill it, then let the rain wash the residue down through the grass into the soil. If there aren’t any large pieces left by spring it shouldn’t be a problem for your kids to play on the grass.
You’re right to be concerned about cat poop. Cat feces often contains Toxoplasma gondii parasites, which if ingested produce Toxoplasmosis in immune-suppressed individuals. The parasite migrates into nerve cells and produces muscle weakness, and it can also migrate to the retina of the eye and damage vision. In pregnant women it can produce neural defects in fetuses, which is why pregnant women should never handle litter box duties. Cat scat is worse than dog and pig feces, which have their own share of problems and shared human diseases.
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How can I start a compost to fertilize my garden?
I’m super new at this, and I know we have cats, deer, fox, and skunks outside, will that be a problem? I would like to use it in my first vegetable garden in the spring. Will that work? Any help is appreciated. Can i just put scrap foods in a bucket and save it?…..
* Also, can i put proteins like meat and egg wastes in it?
You need a container with limited ventilation. Put holes in a bucket for example. A large pile of brush also works. Dump your scraps on top.
Also you could do a straw bale garden. Take good bales of straw or hay and keep them wet and fertilized for 10 days. On the 11th day you can plant your started plants on top of the bales. it produces a nice controlled garden. When the garden is done for the year, you have lots of compost to use. Search the internet for more information. It is a well known technique.
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Is the fine ash created by smokeless-coal or wood beneficial to a garden compost heap.?
Or does it do more harm than good and why?
wood ash yes…. coal ash, no….most of the sites here say no to coal ash…
http://www.google.com/search?q=coal+ash+in+garden&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=
and as mentioned… a little wood ash goes a long way!… so SPRINKLE, don’t DUMP anywhere….
will change pH quickly….
very strong… made lye with this stuff in the old days…..
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Is Pine sawdust okay in your garden/compost?
I have rabbits and use their droppings in my garden and compost. I used to have hanging cages so I just collected the droppings from the ground and used it straight or put it in the composter. I recently changed to stacking cages and am using pelleted pine horse bedding in the trays so now I have a fair amount of expanded pellets (sawdust) from cleaning the cages. What are the benefits or problems with putting pine sawdust in your garden or compost if any?
If you ever notice pine trees will effect the soil beneath them. Meaning very few plants can grow around them. This is because pine trees shed their needles and eventually will make the soil too acidic for most plants to grow in. I would suspect that a small percentage of pine sawdust may not be too bad. However, just like too many pine needles render the surrounding soil poor I would not chance adding too much pine (anything) to the compost since it may make your compost and then your garden too acidic.
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What makes good compost for veggie garden?
How long does it take to make coffee grounds, egg shells, etc into usable fertilizer? Should I add horse manure? Dig a hole? Poke holes in a trash can? All reliable info welcome. Please give sources.
The old method is to simply pile it all on the ground. Earthworms come up into the pile to digest it. These fancy composters boast of being able to make perfect compost in a very short time (the shortest I read was 2wks!). Who cares! Were I live in Canada it takes 2-3yrs. It doesn’t matter because after 3yrs you are going to have a regular supply anyway. If you’ve gardened long enough you become much more patient. Most older gardeners just have a pile down the bottom of the garden that they turn over once a year. Then start a new pile the next year.
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How can I build a chipper in order to brake down garden refuse for compost.?
It needs to have a fairly large chute and be inexpensive.
Here you go…
http://www.green-trust.org/junkyardprojects/FreeFarm&GardenPlans/MulchMaker.pdf
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What makes for a good garden compost.?
l have a compost bin where l place all my lawn clippings and vegetable scraps.ls there anything else that l could be adding like fertilizer and such.
Thanks.
Yes, you may add fertilizer or horse manure.
Remember the composting material needs to be moist throughout. Water it and cover them just to keep moist.
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What do you do with compost if you don’t have a garden?
I’m sure you’ve all heard the joys of composting and how great it is for the environment. I’m looking to try it myself, but I don’t really have much of a garden…What would I do with the compost? Could I perhaps sell it?
Some of the larger garden centers can take it and use it for compost / fertilizer recycling.
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i put unfinished compost in garden, now i have maggots all in the garden. help?
i forgot to mention that there was no meat products added tocompost pile, only coffee grounds from starbucks and vegetable scraps. i didnt add any browns, only greens
Maggots? From your compost pile? You are adding something to your compost pile that you shouldn’t be adding. Flies lay there eggs, which turn into maggots, on meat products, not vegetable products. Did you add meat to your compost pile??? Don’t add meat products or household animal (dog & cat) waste to your compost pile. This is inviting maggots and disease. But, now that you have added this to the garden, do you have chickens that you can turn loose into the garden to eat the maggots? The maggots aren’t going to hurt your garden. They will just turn into flies. Just be more careful in the future.
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Is it okay to compost non-organic materials in an organic garden?
I eat organic foods whenever possible. I’m going to be making a vegetable garden that is pesticide-free and, therefore, organic. However, I do know that chemicals linger in non-organic produce (which is, of course, why I don’t buy it!). Will compost made from non-organic foods compromise the "organicity" of my garden and vegetables? How do you know? Thanks!
There will be so little pesticides left after it is broken down that it shouldn’t matter. In addition, the amount taken up by new plants growing in the future from that compost would be very small.
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