I have yet to see any scientific evidence against the use of composed cat waste in a vegetable garden. The bugaboo spread by ignoramuses is the parasitic disease toxoplasmosis, which can spread from felines to adults and adolescents. In this specific case, our cats are 100 percent house bound, eat commercial cat food that contains no animal byproducts, and use a corn based litter. I compost their waste along with Starbucks coffee grounds, vegetal kitchen scraps, and leaves grass clippings from a back yard that never sees pesticides. After a year, I till this composed stuff into the soil.
The reason I do this is to reduce the household waste stream and improve the fertility and tilth of the soil in the yard. So, far, the results speak for themselves. When you stop to think of the toxic chemicals used on "conventionally" grown fruits and vegetables, there is no comparison. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Anybody else read the humanure handbook? > > We tried it once at camp, can't find where I dumped the bucket anymore so I > suppose it worked. Never had any smell or other problems. If I were going to > try at home I'd make a special compost pile and let it age plenty of time. > > People get so worried about human waste. Theres a great pic going around on > Facebook where a little kid says "Lemmie get this straight, you've got so > much water you $#!t in it?" > > -Curt > > > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:32:45 -0400 > From: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Klima relay - where is it? > Message-ID: > <CAC35L=sC_C3Zd=XU=gozzrselcgp19zchxmghbpdj4hymyz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I guarantee that all my urban farm produce is 100% free from human byproducts. > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Gerry Archer <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> When I was a kid, my Uncle Henry lived with us after Aunt Ollie died. He >> started tomatoes from seed in a pan full of dirt that he kept on the back >> porch and then transplanted them outside. One day at dinner my mother was >> going on about how good Henrys tomatoes were until my father, who was a >> little bit jealous of Henry, told her what he watered them with. >> Henry kept a coffee can by his bed that he wee-wee'd in during the night. In >> the morning before anyone else was up besides he and my father, he would >> dump it on the little tomato plants. >> I don't think my mother ever ate another one of Henrys tomatoes. >> Gerry > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
