Great ideas on the kitty litter jugs. Maybe I'll have to switch to an opaque litter for awhile. Mine are solid white. I threw the tops away and kept the bottom parts, which were about 5-6" high. I liked them because they were free for me, and everyone was saying that deeper was better when it comes to the soil. Plus, I'm a lazy gardener and figured they wouldn't dry out so fast if the soil was a bit deeper. That said, I only filled them about 3 1/2 to 4" with soil, because soil gets expensive. I did this: 1. I chopped the top 1/2 off by sending them through a tablesaw (with goggles on, 'cause some of the plastic does fly). 2. Used exact-knife to poke holes in bottom. 3. Filled with soil, moistened soil, sowed seeds and labeled. 4. I put all of them together outside in a wooden box frame that I happened to have which is about 10" deep. (Anything could be used..like a children's wading pool, for example. ) Then I covered that large box, edge to edge, with 2mm opaque plastic sheeting, poked vents in the plastic and attached the plastic with clamps. Occasionally, I'd have a problem with wind, but it was in a protected spot on east side of my house, so only had to re-clamp maybe 2 times. 5. When watering was needed, I just watered right over the sheet plastic and the water dripped through the little slits, just fine. Eventually, I added more vents as the weather warmed, and finally, I took the plastic off entirely. This worked great! I had like 30 of them. Each plastic kitty "flat" had 8 varieties of tomatoes. I sowed double seed in each of the 8 holes, so many times I ended up with a lot more than 8 plants in a "flat". I sold these "flats" for $5 each at the end of my driveway, with a sign. Honor system. They flew out...people got 8 to 14 tomato plants, for the most part. A great deal for them and I kept a bunch for myself and friends, and brought in about $100. I gave the buyers a little sheet that said what kind they were...I had put numbers with a sharpie all the way around the outside so I'd know which variety was which. Since the flats were all snuggled tightly side by side for just a few months, the sharpie numbers managed to hold up through the sale time. This year, I'm going to make 2-plant "flats" with styrofoam mushroom containers that we get from the grocery. I have the 8 oz mushroom size, which I'll put 2 maters in, and the 16 oz, which I'll try and do 4 maters in. After all, a lot of people don't need 8-14 tomato plants! I have some wooden benches...I'm going to place them 5' apart, fill in between with all of my flats, and then cover with the plastic sheeting, bench to bench. Put bricks on plastic sheeting, and voila! Mini winter-sowing greenhouse, easy style. At first, I'll probably put the benches close enough together so that the plastic sits directly on the rims of the "flats". But later, if I need more circulation, I'll just move the benches out a bit..and because of their height, it will lift the plastic up and allow for more air circulation. Hope that makes sense.

Hmm.. honestly it's been so long since I've had to clean the litter (DH is now) and we don't buy Tidy cats often. I believe there was more dust than the Special Kitty but not liking the fragrance was something that sticks in my mind. It's not strong, strong like some brands. I'm to the point where I don't even like (or use) scented laundry detergent or fabric softer so take that into consideration.

I, too, use the World's Best corn litter. It does have some residue dust...but far less than the clay litter. I switched to this litter as soon as I discovered it. After watching my "little" darling...[seen below creating a Kodak Moment in my laundry basket]...cleaning herself after a difficult "movement"...seeing her helplessly ingesting some of the clay...I went on a hunt to find a litter less harmful to her intestines. It took her no time at all to adjust to the corn and...to me...she seems much happier with it. She'll be 14 this summer...and she weighs a healthy 12 lbs. So...the old adage that you can't teach an old cat new tricks obviously doesn't apply to my furry companion. ;-) Anne

As most of you know, I have animals. 13 of them to be exact. Now I know this is not about removing a urine smell, but I use a mix of baking soda, vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. I have light carpets and have never noticed a change in colors, but it does remove cat pee. This might help for the vomit. My step mom spilled egg nog in the back of her little Vega one Christmas. This was back in the 70's and they did not have all the cool stuff for odor removal we have now. That car stunk to the day she sold it. I would get sick just riding in it- Trish