Ange1 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Look what I've found! http://www.tumbleweed.eu.com/page4.html Anyone who has a dog or a cat, this is great! We have one for our dog, it's normally my Dad's job to go round and collect Bentley's (a golden retriever) poo off the lawn before mowing it, well now instead of putting it in a plastic bag and putting it in the bin now he put's in 'Ben's Bin'!! THe worms eat on the bactiria (sp) as the poo breaks down and the worm casts are brilliant for on the garden or potting on etc!! You don't get compost over night, but it's a nice way to reclyce something that otherwise get's put in the bin normally in a plastic bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylis1980 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 wow!!! how long have you had yours?? had th compost from it yet?? does it stink? where do you keep it? etc etc lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Interesting! I was disappointed that you can't use the resulting fertiliser on veggies though. We bought a Doggie Loo when we had Jazz but although she will pee on command, she doesn't poo on command and she prefers to go out in the longer grass when Carl takes her around the land for her walk. With 8 acres, we have to use a biodegradeable bag to collect it in - we wouldn't be able to use a scoop and feed the various animals at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Doesn't smell, it's the bactiria that smells as it breaks down and it's that the worms eat! Keep in the garden (though I read somewhere that it can be put in the garage). I put it in the greenhouse in winter as the worms don't like the really cold and benefit from frost protection, but some keep theirs out all year and put carpet over it or put it in an insulated box, thinking of making one of these a homemade wooden box with lift up lid and line it with polystryine (sp). You can use the compost as soon as you can 'see the compost' just start feeding the worms to one end and then you can s"Ooops, word censored!" off the compost without hurting the wrigglers! I forgot to say that you get a liquid fertilizer out of the bottom layer too, brilliant diluted as a liquid feed for plants. Lesley you can use it on veggies just feed your worms household food waste not dog poo! But you can't mix the two, you would need two boxes, as for some reason worms are fussy they would only eat the veggies etc and leave the poo if you mixed them together can't imagine why?!! I've had mine a year and I've had a good 'small bag' from it. As it's so strong stuff, you only need a little to mix in with soil/compost for your growth spurting needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 My cats spent the winter using the greenhouse as their privvy, we have had to clean it out and now have to keep a screen over the door at all times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Don't get me wrong, Liz I'm not 'anti cat' (in fact just lost our cat to old age 15years not bad for a stray) but I do get cross the way they go to the loo anywhere! A neighbours cat keep persistantly pooing in our raised veggies beds! Grr! Even killed off a few dwarf bean plants. I've sprinkled Rooster pellets like manure I guess and the cats avioded the boxes where I had sprinkled it, so now I know I've sprinkled it over all over! ceratinly that lion dung stuff is rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 This does look interesting, although with postage and worms it is expensive What I would really like to buy is something that I saw years ago on a gardening programme. It was a box that you bury somewhere in the garden, you put the pet's poo in it and add some sort of activator and the poo was broken down into compost which leached through the box into the earth. I'm a bit hazy as to details but it did look good. Never been able to find one of these Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Do you mean these Tessa?!! http://www.pet-supermarket.co.uk/erol.html?25451x39565#25451X39565 Still expensive for what you get and you would have to keep buying the activiator and you can use any 'bi product' as it all soaks away into the garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 that should have read 'can't' not can! Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Oooh well done for finding that. It's very similiar to the one I saw, but I really wanted something you could bury in the soil so you can't see it My garden has 3 large compost bins, a kichen waste bin various tubtrugs for Eglu washing, it's turning into bin city, I really don't want yet another one Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Tessa that one you DO bury it! Mentions 'poo' stuff safely running into surrounding soil and rocks an stuff! I know what you mean about Bin City!!! When my hens arrive I will need one of thos galvanised bins for the feed and maybe one for the bedding, but that might go in the shed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 That's the same as the Dog Loo we've got Tessa....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 That's the same as the Dog Loo we've got Tessa....... What do you reckon to it Lesley? If you give it the thumbs up I might buy one. Anything to avoid walking down the road to the park casually swinging a bag of dog poo Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 We've got the dog loo too but after working perfectly for a couple of years it all went horribly wrong recently. For some reason it stopped working and the poo all built up inside. OH then had the absolutely revolting job of emptying it to start again. Quite interested in the dog poo wormery idea - does the liquid smell? A chap at work told me a horror story about the vile smells that came from his normal wormery and quite put me off them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 That's the same as the Dog Loo we've got Tessa....... What do you reckon to it Lesley? If you give it the thumbs up I might buy one. Anything to avoid walking down the road to the park casually swinging a bag of dog poo Tessa Sorry Tessa - I should have added that we haven't even opened the box! I was waiting until Jazz was pooing on command, in one place, and then we would have used it. As we have 8 acres, we don't really have the option of bringing it back on a scoop! so we never set it up. I was wondering if the biodegradeable bags would break down in the activator? - I really ought to ask the manufacturers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 The worms shouldn't smell surferdog! If they do there's summit up! The worm 'wee' might have a slight smell but not strong. I've never noticed, but then I've not shoved my nose in it to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
