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Hi G,

Thanks for sharing the info. :)

-- Contributed by: Kelly

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Lime is "green" enough; it's used in fertilizing and maintaining pastures. But there are other options that are not caustic. Check with a local feed store or an equine catalog supply (Country Supply, American Livestock Supply, etc etc) for powders used to neutralize stall odor and eliminate ammonia.

-- Contributed by: G

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Hi Michelle,

Great question. I'm working on finding an answer, but so far I havn't found any info. I will post here as soon as I do. In the meantime, perhaps one of our other visitors will have some info on the topic. :0

-- Contributed by: Kelly

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"After that we laid down a fifty pound bag of ground lime powder to absorb all odors and help to drain the urine."

I thought I would try this because my dog is incontinent but when I picked up the powder, I read that it was caustic so I decided against it. I feel very uncomfortable about putting chemicals into the ground and which change the pH of the soil. Do you have greener solution to this? Your ideas with peat moss, etc. are great and I appreciate having found this online.

Another thing I would like to add is that due to my dogs incontinence, regardless of how often we rinse the patio, we have a fly problem. From what I understand, mint and basil sachets discourage flies. I have not yet tried this but I thought it worth looking into.

-- Contributed by: michelle
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