I have a few raised vegetable beds that my neighbours cat thinks are her personal litter trays. Last year I waged an on-going gardener vs cat battle to keep the veg patch as poop free as possible and made sure all veg were thoroughly washed before consumption.
Over winter I've left the garden alone and the cat has got the upper paw. Veg patch would be more appropriately named the poo patch.
So what's a pregnant woman to do? Even if I get DH out to perform a thorough poop-scoop before I don my gardening gloves, will it be safe? Should I consider emptying the beds and refreshing the top-soil/compost?
Even with the best cat-proofing I know I'm not going to be able to keep the cat completely away from from the veg beds even if we do start again with fresh soil.
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Gardening and cat poo
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Plateofcrumbs · 24/02/2014 08:25
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