Hi-- I've been lurking a few weeks. This is my first post. We started up our Clivus Multrum M-1 system in our Wisconsin cottage-home for the first time 2 weeks...
insectivorous plants in the bathroom. I had some flies so large they were slow flying and I could catch them between two fingers. Sundews, Nepenthes,...
Hi Hermine-- Our cottage is over a 100 years old. We caulk, plug and screen endlessly. I fear it will be impossible to keep some flies from reaching the...
... my house is so full of holes, medium size snakes come in and stalk the cat-sized rats which also come in. in a sense, flies are the least of my problem....
Thanks for getting back, Hermine. It sounds you and I "enjoy" similar relations & liberties to our living neighbors. Thanks much for the SunMar recipe. I'll...
I had an article explaining that some cattle owners are feeding diatomaceous earth to their cattle. It serves two purposes. One, it controls internal...
... ask him what i have done to be so CURSED. i have trouble composting in the garden, things I put into the compost pile like tangerine peels come out a year...
Hi ... It's not entirely uncommon to have fly infestations on inaugural use of the larger CT's. There's a predator / pray balance that needs to establish...
... No food. Just human waste up to this point. ... As best we we can tell using pictures in a modest insect ID book, they are common house flies or possibly...
... Hi Tony-- We're very much at the experimental stage. We'll get some diatomaceous earth and add it with the coffe can of shavings/per week for a while....
Before you eat it, make sure you get food grade diatomatious earth, don't use the kind made for pools and such, it will not work (and may be toxic). Do a...
Thanks Wretha. We bought the regular stuff from the garden store. I'll search for a source for "food grade" on-line. Not sure I'm ready to eat it quite yet,.....
I see that some people are adding leaves to the systems. As our "bed" is 100% shaved pine, would it make sense to add some humus from under our white pine...
Hi Rob ... It's my understanding that pine needle humus is pretty acidic and doesn't decompose as readily as the shavings. I must have missed the part about...
Hi Ben-- Thanks for your input. Clivus doesn't recommend adding anything except their MB100 bacteria along with more shavings. I was speculating that the humus...
Sun Mar Users! when you take out the drawer under the drum of the sun mar, what, exactly is in the tray underneath? this is the tray which has a drain in it....
Hello, I just bought a compact sun-mar toilet 2nd hand from a couple that rarely /never used it at a cottage. I am wondering how loud these things usually are...
... it sounds like a fan. this is what the book says: Fan noisy or damaged in shipping or bearings are beginning to wear if rattling. if it is rattling, it may...
THanks for your reponse ...I think it is louder than it should be...although even a fan drives me nuts! but it's louder than a fan Maybe i'll take it apart...
Lisa, Slim, et al, I'd like to chime in that the 4 Sun Mar Excel's that I have had experience with over the past 8 years have all been great, and continue to...
after one removes the composting drawer, WHAT DO YOU FIND IN THE EVAPORATING CHAMBER? is it something you feel would evaporate and not leave behind any residue...
Dear Members HAPPY WORLD TOILET DAY, 19 NOVEMBER, 2007 With Regard's Kunwar D Yadav KUNWAR DURG VIJAY SINGH Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering SV...
Hi All..I just had a quick question. I am setting up a humanure toilet and was wondering how you control the ants that it attracts? I set one up outside just...
Keith, As an avid conservationist and social activist I ask myself that question every day and I've come to think that one person CAN make a difference. It may...
... it would do with the smell problem. No smell but bucket was crawling with ants and If I put one in the house it will drive my wife crazy. So how do other...
Keith, Well, I don't have Florida ants, so maybe I shouldn't respond, but a couple questions, and maybe an answer: Were the ants *inside* the bucket, or just...
Hi All..I put the pictures of my Compost toilets in the picture section. The block one is my first setup and is still being used the wood one is the one I just...
