Question From: MICHIGAN
Q: Hi Nancy saw your presentation at Baldwin Public Library yesterday...Thanks for presenting...My question that I was embarrassed to ask was that my dog (a lovable border collie ) found a way into my roped off area which I use for growing vegetables, she has been "doing her business" in there, and although I removed the solid "remains", do I have to dig all that soil out of there in order not to contaminate my veggies OR simply removing a shovel full of soil surround the remains is good enough. It is a raised bed with tons of composted material and soil that I have worked on for years, and to dig it all out would be tough, and stop my ability to begin growing cool season veggies...
A:
Stuff happens Shelli. If you removed the dog poop and the dog is no longer using the area, I would turn the soil as soon as you can work it and relax. The microbes in the soil will take care of stuff. Plant on, Nancy
