So, I've been composting my own dog's poop for a year now, and it's brilliant.
How To Do It:
- ordinary black plastic daleks, don't waste money on Dog Loos
- pick the poop off the ground and wrap it in newspaper (you need "browns"; the poop is "greens")
- layer the poop with shredded paper, kitchen scraps, grass clippings, all the usual compost material
- keep it damp but not wet
- try & add the poop to the top centre of the heap, just under the surface, where it's hottest
- when the dalek is full, leave it for 3 months or so while you start another heap
- after 3 months or so, start shovelling out the heap, onto the flower beds. Not on the veg, in case of pathogenic bacteria (but if your dog is wormed, there won't be any Toxocara)
What helps
- firm poops help! Feed the dog on real meat, not dry kibble which is full of grain. Grain makes the poops large, smelly & sloppy. Real meat poops are small, dryish and non-smelly, and easier to pick up with a tong or a trowel
Worried about germs?
Read this: http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/Chapter_7.pdf
This is a project for the committed composter. It stops a huge amount of nutrient rich goodies going into landfill.
Florida's Online Composting Center
It does stress that you only use the resulting compost on non-edible plants, in case of disease, esp. that old one Toxicara Canis
How To Do It:
- ordinary black plastic daleks, don't waste money on Dog Loos
- pick the poop off the ground and wrap it in newspaper (you need "browns"; the poop is "greens")
- layer the poop with shredded paper, kitchen scraps, grass clippings, all the usual compost material
- keep it damp but not wet
- try & add the poop to the top centre of the heap, just under the surface, where it's hottest
- when the dalek is full, leave it for 3 months or so while you start another heap
- after 3 months or so, start shovelling out the heap, onto the flower beds. Not on the veg, in case of pathogenic bacteria (but if your dog is wormed, there won't be any Toxocara)
What helps
- firm poops help! Feed the dog on real meat, not dry kibble which is full of grain. Grain makes the poops large, smelly & sloppy. Real meat poops are small, dryish and non-smelly, and easier to pick up with a tong or a trowel
Worried about germs?
Read this: http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/Chapter_7.pdf
This is a project for the committed composter. It stops a huge amount of nutrient rich goodies going into landfill.
Florida's Online Composting Center
It does stress that you only use the resulting compost on non-edible plants, in case of disease, esp. that old one Toxicara Canis
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