 What is a good groundcover for a potty area?
#71304 - 03/24/2005 11:59 PM |
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I am blocking off some areas in the yard as potty places. Am thinking of using mulch as I don't want to have a mess to clean up by using pea gravel, and I don't want concrete because it will just be a mess to clean due to wet areas becoming muddy after spraying down.
Does anybody use mulch? Small bits like the kind in Feline Pine? Over the years I see this as a perfect option, but maybe not. Will it kill the grass causing it to never grow back. I know the railroad ties will do this by leaching chemicals into the ground.
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
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#71305 - 03/25/2005 03:35 PM |
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Funny you should ask, because I've been agonizing over this and finally chose mulch today. The soil here is clay, so i dug trenches on the side of the garage (the potty area is behind the garage) and placed vinyl gutters on the side. I'm going to cover the gutters so the mulch won't clog them. I covered the area and created an angle so extra water will drain into the gutters and to the concrete driveway. Accorning to the package, there are no chemicals in this mulch.
As for feline pine, it breaks dow so easily it will probably become muck quickly. In that case, you could probably use pine shaving like the ones used in rabiit cages.
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#71306 - 03/25/2005 08:12 PM |
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"Pee" gravel. . .that really is most likely your best choice. It is pretty damn easy to scoop poop from and then wet down to rinse urine.
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The mulch will absorb the pee and really stink. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
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#71308 - 03/25/2005 11:16 PM |
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See, I didn't want "pee" gravel because in later years, i didn't want to have to dig up gravel to grow grass again, you know when i'm 80 and on my last GSD. So that's why I thought of the mulch, one because it would be outside and therefore able to evaporate away, plus I wouldn't have to dig it up to grow grass.
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I'm a gardener also. Leave the pea gravel, add an equal amount of compost and new soil, till it all into the ground, then do a soil test and you'll have a great raised bed for the roses. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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#71310 - 03/26/2005 07:08 AM |
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Go with pea gravel - mulch never dries out (and smells awful after a while) gravel gives the easiest cleanup and you can wash it down and it dries naturally. If you use redwood or cedar mulch the colour sometimes comes off on the dogs feet if it is wet(and it tends to stay wet...)Gravel is trouble free and can be "washed"
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#71311 - 03/26/2005 03:53 PM |
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That's was my fist thought too, except the soil here is clay, with next to no drainage. If I try to rinse it down, I'm asking for trouble. There's no where for the water to drain. Probably by the end of this summer I'll have stinky compost, and I don't mind raking it down and putting in lawn bags.I suppose red dye coming off of the mulch could be a problem. I've got to think about this some more.
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#71312 - 03/26/2005 04:44 PM |
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Just an FYI, one of my dogs( my WG Showline house pet, of course) is allergic to cedar. I once used horse bedding( pine shavings) in my kennel, Im glad I didn't use cedar then by accident!! I had purchased some cedar seperately, and was going to put it inside the dog houses, but in the end never got around to it. If I had, it would have caused a lot of grief, I'm sure!!
So, you may want to just stick to the pea gravel if it is an option for you. The only reason I haven't gotten it is because I'd need approx 15 tons!! The landscape of my property makes that too much hassle to get done, so we are just keeping it dirt. The ground here is very rocky anyway .
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#71313 - 03/26/2005 05:35 PM |
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try building a frame out of 2 by 4 or 2 by 6 lumber or landscaping timbers and filling it in with gravel. I have drainage problems too at certain times of year and built a raised pad for my kennel runs with railroad ties and filled in with gravel and topped with patio stones. The rest of my yard is snow and ice (and water) and my kennels are hight and dry now - having it raised makes it drain fast.
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