Gina Costantini

John C Daley wrote:I am having trouble imagining what you speak of.
Could you live with the base made if fine gravel with a proper drain to carry the shower water to a reed bed or similar?

As long as water doesn’t erode the soil. I’ll take a look into the gravel thing open to suggestions

Anne Miller wrote:Gina, I thought we had some threads here at permies about moss being used in the shower but I can't seem to get the search function to find what I was looking for,

Here is one for a living floor:

https://permies.com/t/54912/Living-floor


This is a moss bath mat:



https://permies.com/t/13614/sculpture/art/Moss-art#254037


This thread is about a living bathroom:

https://permies.com/t/32710/Dale-living-bathroom

Thank you I’ll check these threads out. Yeah the search functions are hard that’s why I had trouble with it too.

Bill Astell wrote:I wouldn't be too fast in planting comfrey.  If you get the wrong kind you will find it is a weed that you can never get rid of.  I had some arrive in my garden in some free topsoil 10 years ago and every year I try to dig it out but the roots go down to hell.  If I till it the plant becomes a hundred plants.  An old man's advise is back peddle  as soon as you see comfrey!  

That sounds terrible what type of comfrey specifies should we stray away from?

Is moss on the shower platform a good idea? We’ve been trying to design our homestead for the past week. We are a bit scared of eroding the soil from where the outdoor showers are. Maybe it will kill it from the soap and the vinegar conditioner what are your opinions on this matter?

Thank you, people for the help!

Timothy Markus wrote:Hi Gina, and welcome to Permies.  I'm by the bridge in NB and I'm having a lot of problems finding comfrey.  I moved out here from ON and I really like William Dam Seeds.  They do a lot of mail order sales and have very high quality seeds.  I typically get 85-90% germination from 3 year old seeds.

Where abouts are you?

Hi Tim! I also live in NB it’s terribly hard to find seeds here. All of the really good seed places seem to come from ON. I would buy some but mailing lately has been a bit iffy with the current issue. Thanks for the help!

My husband and I are budding new permaculture people. We just got the deed our own land and I’ve been dreaming about having our own turf for sooo long and now finally we have it. It’s really hard to find permaculture plant seeds such as comfrey and medical plant seeds also fruit/nut trees/shrubs seeds. We are looking for seed because of genetic diversity and it’s also cheaper. Do you people know any good permaculture seed places?