Wednesday 23 March 2016

Humanure?

Tom built a humanure toilet today. Up until a few weeks ago, I had never heard of such a thing. We wanted to put an outhouse at the acreage so we and volunteers would have somewhere to *ahem* "go". That would involve digging a hole or having a tank that gets emptied every so often. Instead, we're going the humanure route. We'll have essentially an outhouse but instead of poop & pee just dropping down a hole, it's collected into a bucket that you scoop sawdust into every time you use it, so it doesn't stink, and then when the bucket is full you empty it at the base of trees as manure. A good reference website is here.

 Gotta love the toilet seat! Found at the Restore for super cheap!
The orange you see inside is the 5 gallon bucket. You lift the top hinged piece of wood and take the bucket out to empty when needed.

Now, we just need to build a shed to put this thing in!

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