I am pretty sure my eldest has done this...but there are some differences in cat litter and I can't really recall what his consisted of. Will ask him.

I bought the unscented clumping stuff.

agree on donating it ....

but ... i once mixed it with the beach-like sand in my barn ... where i needed to add some structure to the sand.. for a particular purpose ... i suppose it worked ...

if you really need to just get rid it to .. whip handfuls around the beds or lawn.. and just disperse it.. and forget about it ... its not going to have any impact in any way ... imo ..

ken

ps: steal sissy's catalog yet??? ... lol

Be very careful. The "clumping" kitty litter is made with bentonite, which, when it gets wet, turns into a glue-like clay that NEVER goes away in the garden. I used to use that stuff and, a decade or two later, I can still find big clumps of it where I threw it away in the groundcover. It would be a disaster in a real garden bed. In fact, I was appalled to see that even the cheap "non-clumping" litter has a lot of bentonite in it.

I consider bentonite to be essentially toxic waste, from a gardening perspective.

Hmmm, so maybe it's not such a good idea. Never thought about donating it - I can drop it off in the donations bin next time I go to the local pet store, the jug is at least 3/4 full. I could have filled the draft thing with dried beans or rice, but I was afraid of attracting insects so I went the kitty litter route instead.

It wouldn’t be such a bad idea to keep in garage in case you ever spill gas , also you can use if your tires are stuck in snow for grip .

I concur with daninthedirt. I tossed some used litter, of the clumping variety, in my raspberry patch, hoping to deter the rodents. It indeed, turned into a slimy mess. Probably not a good choice for your draft thingy, if there's any chance it might get wet.

Some kitty litter is used to put on icy walkways, but I don't know any details. Donating sounds like a great idea :).

I would not think that bentonite "clumping" kitty litter would be smart on icy walkways or for traction in snow. The point is, that when it gets wet, it turns to clumps of glue. What you want to put on icy walkways and roads is stuff that stays hard and pebbly. So certainly, regular non-clumping kitty litter that doesn't have bentonite in it would work fine.

If you scoop a cat litter tray that has clumping kitty litter in it, you'd understand.

Agree on the clumping vs nonclumping. As a cat owner who has used both types, the non-clumping type does indeed have many uses as highlighted above. The clumping type, on the other hand, is a slippery, gluey, semi-permanent disaster waiting to happen in any application where it might get wet.

It's the clumping kind. I forgot about the gluey mess part until you guys mentioned it. I dumped some on my gravel driveway last winter because a visitor got stuck, and I had it in my trunk for just such a purpose - what a mess!

As I said, even the cheap "non-clumping" kind of kitty litter, at least that I see in my supermarket, has some bentonite in it. Goodness knows why. So "non-clumping" does not necessarily make it a good garden amendment or traction helper. Look carefully at the label. If you have some kitty litter, and you don't know what kind it is, just put some in a pail with water and see what happens. Look at it and ask yourself if what you see you'd like to have in your garden bed or under your tires.