Cat Shit in the garden was Digest Number 33

April 7, 2002

, " quercusrobur2002 " <grahamburnett@b...> wrote:

, " Graham Burnett " <grahamburnett@b...> wrote:

Hi Jules-

>I think John put the whole of Vegan Network on moderation

I thought Teri was their moderator?

> Jules- I really wouldn't advise raw shit in the garden-

Having had a quick look at the link you posted it looks like nature

is far more complicated than I thought. Surely though shit can't be

that detrimental to the garden, in nature animals are constantly

shitting. And mushrooms grow from shit. And vegan shit is unlikely to

be full of all the additives and chemicals that might mess up nature.

Having said all that, I don't think I'll try eating anything that

grows in my garden. It just seems stupid to throw out things that

would otherwise grow into plants into the sewage along with all the

unnatural human waste, so i just chuckem in the garden. Anyways I've

only shat in the garden a couple of times when I'd smoked too much or

was feeling particularly natural, its not a habit.

> For more information check out the humanure handbook, which is

online at

> I'd also advise that you try to train your cat to shit in one place

I think my cat copped on pretty quick, when he moved in, I just put

cat litter which he was already used to using in the same place for a

few days, though I haven't checked the rest of the garden (and don't

really want to!).

Cheers for the info tho, there's more to shit than I thought.

Jules

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