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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
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 09:37:03 1984
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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