Would you eat something that's grown in a garden with dog poo?

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Just discovered some lovely looking rhubarb down the bottom of the garden, and am dying to cut it and cook it.
Thing is, our two big dogs are constantly in the garden, and although the poo is moved it might still, at some point, have been in contact with the rhubarb.

Am I being silly or should I just not touch it? What would you do?

Yuck. I wouldn't grow stuff in garden with dogs unless it was in a fenced off area.

I wouldn't eat it.

It's not been purposely grown, by us anyway. We've only been here a year, and so the last owners must've planted a random bit of it. Is in a very peculiar place!
Think dh must've mowed over it last year by mistake as I didn't see it then...

I'm tempted to say "just wash it thorooughly and cook it well" but I'm really not sure.

I'm really unsure too OMDB - am worried that maybe the dog poo will have got inside it somehow, if the dogs did their business right on top of it while it was still under the ground. I haven't a clue how these things work, but if in doubt I should do nothing, right?

Think I might go out and buy some instead, will probably be safer!

My friend puts her very large dog's very large poos on her compost heap. She also grows lovely rhubarb (and strawberries). They are all alive and healthy.

Isnt manure just horse poo?

The risk (as I understand it) from dog poo is parasite eggs (toxocara etc). They can't get into the veg (afaik), just on it. Thorough washing should be fine really, especially since you're cooking it.

I think as long as they haven't crapped all over it you should be OK - after all it will be thoroughly cooked?

Human poo used to be used as manure (night soil - there were special collectors). Cat and dog poo can carry particularly nasty parasites though.

it will be fine when it's washed.

There's no guarantee that the stuff you buy in the shops hasn't been shat on

And chubbys just put everyone off their lunch

lol at chubby.

I would cook it ang eat it. But then I'm like that

Glad I've already had lunch Thanks Chubby!

Thanks for all the opinions - but I still don't know what to do!

I was going to make a crumble with it, so yes it would be very well cooked, and I would scrub it clean beforehand too. It just seems such a waste to have lovely rhubarb waiting to be picked, and not to use it. Hmmmm what to do....

Mmn go for the crumble, can I have some? Yum!

Human poo is still used (I saw it on 'Come Outside')
and we use vegetarian animal's poo on our compost

I'm starting to feel more tempted to go and cut it...... I just know dh would love to come home from work to a lovely crumble a la poo. Will send some your way sazzerbear

you've inspired me monkey - making an apple one as we speak (not as exciting as yours though!

I think I would rather just have the poo - rhubarb is the work of the devil

Urgh. Dog poo as compost? That is gross! Horses eat hay and grass and bran and so poo hay and grass and bran. Dogs eat meat and maggoty rabbits and fox poo and hence poo old meat out. And they have worms - loads more dogs have worms than you think because the advice is to worm them every 3 months, but IME digs need worming at least every month but hardly anyone does, so yuck to that for compost.

That said, we are in the country and you wouldn't believe the amount of dogs that shit up our lane in the wheat fields. And that will be your cereal one day....

I think if it's cleaned and boiled it will be fine but I definitely wouldn't advocate dog poo as an active compost.

digs? dogs!

Doh.