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Something has died in my garden

DelsieDelsie Posts: 28
in Problem solving
I don't know what it is and I don't really want to know. It's been there about two weeks. The smell and size of the area indicates it was a small animal.  I've tried covering it with soil, then a vinegar and water solution. I don't want to dig it up as I'll have to deal with the smell in this warm water. Is there anything else I can try? 

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Can you see anything at all that the smell might be coming from? I'm wondering if it might actually be a stinkhorn.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • DelsieDelsie Posts: 28
    There was a strange black sticky looking mess and something that looked like grey skin with pinkish flesh inside it. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2021
    I would dig a hole as deep as I could nearby and use my spade to move the corpse into the hole and bury it properly ... maybe with a good sprinkling of lime on it first if I had some available. That’ll get rid of the smell. 
    Otherwise it’ll carry on smelling until it’s totally decomposed. That’s life I’m afraid, and death :/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    This is when face masks come in handy !
  • brackenbracken Posts: 91
    Lets hope its not someone's pet!  However bad the smell was I would have to check it out.
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