Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site CS-Arthur Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!CS-Arthur!kcs From: kcs@CS-Arthur (Kevin C Smallwood) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: COMPOSTERS and cat litter Message-ID: <704@CS-Arthur> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 09:37:03 EDT Article-I.D.: CS-Arthu.704 Posted: Tue Jun 5 09:37:03 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 07:05:44 EDT References: <8128@lanl-a.UUCP> <15800006@hpfcla.UUCP>, <966@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 14 I don't know exactly what Alan Silverstein (hpfcla!ajs) had in mind, but I use "kitty litter" of sorts. That is, I use alfalfa meal as an organic fertilizer and good compost starter. Alfalfa meal is high in nitrogen (I believe it is a legume) which is slow-released so it won't burn plants; it is also good "food" for decomposing-organisms in a compost heap. The reason I call it "kitty litter" -- a commercial kitty litter, Litter Green, is primarily made up of alfalfa meal; I just buy alfalfa meal directly in 50 pound bags from the Co-op. I read about this in "The Joy of Gardening", and I have had very good results so far. I agree in that I would not put "used" kitty litter in my garden or on my compost heap. Kevin C. Smallwood Dept. of CS -- Purdue purdue!kcs; kcs@Purdue