Scooby Snack, Anyone?
In a recent discussion regarding dogs eating rabbits attacking a garden, a friend wrote :
The best of both worlds. Feed the dog in the process with no expense, then put the poop at each corner of the garden like i did. A win/win. I like it. Just goes to show ya that a great idea can always be improved on. LOLSounds great, right? Well maybe... if you've never studied biology or agriculture or any class in hygiene in my opinion. But what do I know, I'm a Liberal Weenie (and I stayed awake in biology and FFA).
Even if you aren't using the dog manure as a direct fertilizer on the crops, you have to be concerned about runoff contamination if it's anywhere near the garden. Putting a pile of dog poo at each corner of your garden might scare away some varmits, but it virtually guarantees the garden (and any area in the runoff) will become a breeding ground for parasites that can lay dormant for years.
For some reason, I can't get this guy to understand how badly he's screwing up. He thinks I'm nuts, apparently scientific studies aren't proof and only liberal weenies go to skool.
So I put the question to the South40 Nation. Would you pile dog poo around your garden to scare away pests?
2 comments:
A terribly unsafe idea. An idea whose teribleness is on par with Adolph Sr. turning to Hilda in late 1888 and saying,"I can't sleep- want to get it on?"
Grossness factor alone should have given the person pause when they considered this awful idea.
What about the animals said poo will DRAW- specifically other dogs, coons and opossums?
yuck
I agree...whenever an animal pees on one of my shrubs, along comes 10 others peeing on top of the original one and then I have a dead shrub. Same with the POO.
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