Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxq!agk From: agk@ihuxq.UUCP (Andy Kegel) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: COMPOSTERS and cat litter Message-ID: <966@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 18:12:42 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.966 Posted: Mon Jun 4 18:12:42 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 04:43:21 EDT References: <8128@lanl-a.UUCP> <15800006@hpfcla.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 17 Alan Silverstein (hpfcla!ajs) mentiones that he puts cat litter on his compost heap. I'm not sure that is such a good idea. Pregnant women should avoid cat "litter" as it *may* contain some germ that can cause serious problems (I've forgotten all the details, but it has to do with cats that have eaten raw meat, including those that go out-of-doors to get fresh bird meat). I throw all sorts of things on the compost pile (pulled weeds, rhubarb leaves, unfinished birds left by the cats, spoiled fruits and vegatables, citrus rinds, grass clippings, and leaves). I also apply grass clippings directly to the garden as a mulch (up to three inches thick). But I draw the line at cat litter (unless sterilized like the bovine stuff in the garden stores) and grass clippings from lawns recently serviced by the lawn chemical people (or owners). -andy kegel