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Reply | Forward Message #1585 of 1993 |
Re: [SmallHolding] Have you seen this one

Interesting item, unfortunately not sponsored in Hertfordshire. The cost is
too much to buy.

Most of my kitchen scraps go to the chickens, guinea pigs or the dog. I
have a small wormery for tea bags and bills etc.

The problem I have is what to do with the dog sh*t! There's loads of it; for
some reason my dog poops around 5 times a day. Chicken and guinea pig poo if
fine on the compost heap (if the dog doesn't eat it first) but the dog poo
is horrid. The local council suggest flushing it down the loo but I really
don't want to increase my water bill any more than it already is.

I did wonder about burying it in the garden; I wonder if something like the
greencone, but homemade, might work? I have a very small garden in suburbia.


Any ideas anyone.


On 26/10/2007, John <cushyinireland@...> wrote:
>
> Something that came to my attention recently was the Grrencone scheme
> being run by some local authorities in the UK.
>
> It might be of use to some of you but maybe not all. Go to:
>
> www.greencone.com
>
> and check it out.
>
> Some local authorities are offering them at discount prices reduced
> from around £70 to about £7-£10 each.
>
> cheers
> John
> Ireland.
>
>
>



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Something that came to my attention recently was the Grrencone scheme being run by some local authorities in the UK. It might be of use to some of you but...
John
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Oct 26, 2007
1:43 pm

Interesting item, unfortunately not sponsored in Hertfordshire. The cost is too much to buy. Most of my kitchen scraps go to the chickens, guinea pigs or the...
Steve Simpson
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Oct 27, 2007
8:10 pm

... remember where. They were basically a hole in the ground with a lid on, you empty the dog poo into the hole with a light covering of soil and bacteria rot...
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Oct 27, 2007
8:15 pm

You beat me to it Keith, just going to post this link with various suggestions from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11998461 This site has...
Karen
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Oct 27, 2007
8:29 pm

Thanks guys. After some investigation (why I didn't do that to start with, I don't know) I decided on the 'bury a bin' method. How simple is that? A bottomless...
Steve Simpson
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Oct 28, 2007
9:40 am

... if that cuts down the smell. Keith ... Thanks guys....
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hollingreen
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Oct 28, 2007
3:53 pm

Again you beat me there too Keith!!! *LOL* Glad that was of some help Steve. I was going to say that a friend of mine picks up huge sacks of gun dog/working...
Karen
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Oct 28, 2007
6:00 pm

Well seriously Keith you are not far off the mark! We stopped feeding our dogs (16 of them, Setters) on meat products (tinned that is). We opted to change to...
John
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Oct 28, 2007
6:09 pm

I think it's a Jack Russell thing. Ours is a Jack Russel crossed with a bigger dog; producing a dog that does big poos as often as a Jack Russell, yuk. We have...
Steve Simpson
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Oct 28, 2007
8:54 pm

... Have you taken had your dog checked out by a vet, especially if he or she is getting on. Frequent, foul-smelling stools really don't sound at all right,...
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Oct 29, 2007
12:31 am

Thanks for forwarding John, they don’t have them here, I’m wondering if friends might purchase one for me in a neighbouring county!!! Regards Karen From:...
Karen
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Oct 27, 2007
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If your dog poos a lot, switch to wheat free - yes it is a bit more expensive. dogs don't actually digest wheat, and most of it goes through and becomes the...
Jackie Bridgen
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