I may have made a mistake
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
March 2, 2018 10:21pm CST
We've got a LOT of rain right now, and my yard is quite muddy. The path back and forth to the back house is about an inch deep of mud, and I heard that sprinkling cat litter over a muddy yard helped to dry it up and add traction.
It turns out that clumping cat litter isn't the best for this.
I wish I had read that part before putting it all over the path. Now I have both mud and wet clay. 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
Yeah, it sure is. 
I just sent someone to the store for some pine cat litter, which is basically compressed sawdust. Hopefully that will help?
I just sent someone to the store for some pine cat litter, which is basically compressed sawdust. Hopefully that will help?1 person likes this
@cintol (11261)
• United States
3 Mar 18
@spiderdust I hope it does because other wise your probably going to need a shovel to clear everything and start over with your path.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
@cintol Yeah, I expect I'll have a lot of work ahead of me tomorrow. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Mar 18
i have put the cursor in the image picture here in your discussion and i saw some words looking as if these are the tags. may i ask why your discussion has no tags? you can place those words like cat litter, mud, etc, in the box below the discussion box so your discussion can be posted in other discussions having the same tags like yours.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Mar 18
@spiderdust good to know. maybe some discussions bearing the same tags as yours will appear in this page.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
I think I typed my tags in the wrong window and attached them to the photo instead. Oops!
I just fixed it so there will be tags.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
It is, although the fault is partially mine. I should have investigated further before trying it. Fortunately, the pine cat litter, which is made of compressed pine sawdust pellets, is doing what I needed it to do.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
3 Mar 18
@spiderdust Sawdust is good to absorb water. I also tried some Internet tricks without investigating more and I had very bad results.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
@LadyDuck The sawdust is working very well in the muddy area. I may get another bag to keep on hand in case it rains more this weekend.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
3 Mar 18
Oh my goodness
thanks for making me laugh.
thanks for making me laugh.1 person likes this
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@spiderdust we track pine straw in our house.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
At least it's not too horrible right now, the sawdust helped a lot. Of course now the dogs are tracking sawdust everywhere, but that's easily vacuumed.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Mar 18
Oh no!
edit: I went to walmart and bought the square stepping stones. $1.35 each and they work well for my muddy spot.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
I actually have some, but they've sunk into the ground! It's that wet right now.
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Mar 18
We use sawdust mostly.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
8 Mar 18
I'm not sure where to get sawdust around here. Lowe's or Home Depot?
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
8 Mar 18
@spiderdust That would probably be your best bet, or if there is a lumber company near by try giving them a call. They may have a ton that they would give you, or sell you for a small fee. There was on in Oregon we just to get it from.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
8 Mar 18
@thislittlepennyearns I'll bet I could find it on Craigslist too.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
I'm trying to get it dealt with before clay gets tracked into the house.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 18
Sorry, but that's pretty funny.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Mar 18
Oh, it's incredibly funny. It was less funny at the time when I realized my grave error, but we survived. 
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
14 Mar 18
How much cat litter did you sprinkle over the mud? That is too bad you have a mess now.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
14 Mar 18
@spiderdust
ok Kelli. Does the cat go outside? I hope the cat does not go to the bathroom there because the cat sees the litter there.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
14 Mar 18
I'm not sure... maybe a cup's worth of the clumping litter?
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