I found this rather interesting. In a nutshell, growing native plants directly from bear scat.

http://blog.nature.org/science...

@Bonehead, That was the best article ever!!

And here I've been blaming deer for all those smilax seedlings...

No bear here, but I have scooped up possum poop for the seeds.... I never had as much luck as the nursery operator seems to have had with the bear poop....

Thanks for sharing! Wonderful story... and I absolutely love the title of this thread

Great article!

Nice article!

But I don't think I'm going to incorporate pre-digested seeds or anyone's poop into my own indoor seed-starting methods.

That IS interesting, Deb! I'm going to have to look around -- a bear pulled our bird feeders down twice within the past month... might as well get some plants out of the deal. (On the other hand... if "my" bear was just eating everyone's sunflower seeds, I already have plenty of sunflowers growing )