kathy browning

wow, erik! that's cool!

buckets are too high to relieve oneself healthily, imho. we'd have less uti's and constipation if we squatted, like so many cultures do. it doesn't take long to get strong enough...my family has an outhouse in the woods at the lake and handfuls of leaves, worms and humus works well if we don't have tons of use...then i throw in lime; what does that do to the worms?

how about a hugelculture keyhole garden with the outhouse in the middle and willows growing in small swales like arms around it and dark conifers in an arc around the north/back from the solar exposure in winter..heh thanks for this thread, and many others here!

oh, and I had a pot behind my garden shed where id poop on a bed of leaves and humus and cover it with another handful or two and a heavy lid. I'd bury it when it was full. it was never stinky, except dirt smell. I forgot about it for about 2 months this summer and thought id have a nasty surprise but instead it was nice looking soil! I still buried it deep around the base of an oak im trying to save, that is showing signs of wilt, but was really surprised, and I already know the power of even leaf worms!

does anyone use humanure to grow algae for use as compost or animal food? I had a teacher who read to us in the 60s about how algae could be a source of all kinds of things. ill check for other threads...

me, three! im your sister in michigan! saving junk for years, now realizing why: rocket stoves, etc... so excited about these forums!

i am a pleasant peasant in northern lower michigan. hello, i love you all already...

i am new here as well, and very interested in this! especially about building rain garden swales from my roof. i know, its asphalt, but its what i live with, so im hoping the plants ieat will help my body to deal with these toxins! it has always been so hasnt it?
one of my 3 children had a waldorf education and steiner is ...well he makes me believe in magic, that and a lifelong kinship with werms sic, well...good to meet you; my first interaction here!