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I thought it was weird that the diaper manufacturers would recommend putting human waste in the trash, so I checked their website and found this in the related news article: "the diapers' packaging...recommends flushing solid waste down the toilet to reduce the amount going to landfills." Even with disposable diapers, you're supposed to put solid waste in the toilet (though nobody does--I only know this because we use cloth diapers).

I wonder if they mean the diapers break down in 90 days in a home composting situation, or just giant hot piles like city programs have. So many "compostable" utensils and plates are still pretty solid a year later in my little bin.

One way to keep your cat away is to booby-trap the area around the plants to make it unpleasant to walk on--they make sticky-tack paper and little mats with plastic-nub "spikes" to lay around plants (I've seen these at Daiso and other asian import stores). Amazon sells an electric shock mat, but it seems incredibly cruel to punish a cat for being curious. Also, having a container of wheat grass growing for the cat at the edge of the "keep off" area might also help curb the curiosity.

Make things easier for yourself. If I find I'm less likely to do something the right way--like using the mandoline slicer to make even slices of onion--because something is put away somewhere inconvenient, or out-of-sight, I try to rearrange the space to make it more convenient. I have a small kitchen, so space is scarce, and the more intuitive the layout (which is ever-evolving) the more efficient I become!