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Hi again Russ here You might also look at the "natures head" and the "airhead" composting toiletsthese units were both designed for boats.also since your in...
captain.ratsie
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May 1, 2008
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Hi again Russ here You might also look at the "natures head" and the "airhead" composting toiletsthese units were both designed for boats.also since your in...
captain.ratsie
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May 1, 2008
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Hi guys... I'm new to this forum: I got the link from Joseph Jenkins' website. I was reading your posts from yesterday and was wondering about these toilets...
Dorian
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May 2, 2008
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On the dressing topic, I have been reading a book called Forty Centuries of Farmers (King), and the asians at the time the book was written were doing all...
Dorian
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May 2, 2008
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I responded earlier to Russ' reply, but thought I should also come direct to the source, as it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZC3hGdosQ shows a simple...
Dorian
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May 2, 2008
1:38 pm
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no, empty the solids from the loo into the wormery, periodically! ... From: Alan <alan@...> To: compost-toilet@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 30...
Anne Stevens
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May 5, 2008
2:52 pm
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hi. All this takes me back to my original post, i.e., we are intending to install a separett on our issjelaak. With this, the liquids either go straight...
Anne Stevens
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May 5, 2008
3:20 pm
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... A cover material, such as straw or sawdust, is suppost to absorb the material, precluding wet excreta. And a good sized stock should allow enough empty...
Dorian
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May 6, 2008
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there are quite a few people I know who are composting humanure with worms. it is working fine. lindy...
lindy
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May 6, 2008
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... Good question, Dorian. I usually apply compost by side-dressing, letting the rain and microbes deliver the nutrients to plant roots. But here in Washington...
Larry Warnberg
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May 7, 2008
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That's interesting to hear Larry, I've had a similar plan and I'm glad somebody has done it before me. A couple questions, how often/how much do you apply,...
Adam wilson
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May 7, 2008
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Hi Lindy, thanks for that. Are you able to give proportions of humanure to worms, i.e. would a bucket full of it be too much for wormery to cope with in one...
Anne Stevens
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May 7, 2008
7:45 pm
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... My wife and I generate about two cubic yards of humanure compost each year, applied yearly, usually in the fall to help keep the soil warmer in the root...
Larry Warnberg
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May 7, 2008
11:24 pm
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very interesting discussion I'm excited by the prospect of building the quality of our soil with our humanure compost, even though it's just a tiny piece of...
Grace B
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May 8, 2008
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Gang ... Thought some of you might want to know about this yourselves, or pass on the information. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ben Goldberg
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May 8, 2008
3:58 pm
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Dear All Have been working on a source separating compost toilet for some years and have used one. This is an Indian style squatting pan which separates urine...
vishwanath s
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May 9, 2008
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That's a brilliant operation. The cattails make a nice touch....
Dorothy
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May 9, 2008
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I agree with Dorothy. A brilliant use of waste streams, with some very creative thinking. I couldn't resist to do some quick calculations: 200kg of ...
Bert Vercauteren
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Is this correct? Commercial rice production does not reach any where near 33 Tonnes per hectare! ~sanjay Bert Vercauteren <bertvercauteren@...> wrote: I...
sanjay jain
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May 11, 2008
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Here's an interesting concept to consider...... What I've dubbed the vibrolet. The principle is that heavy things settle under vibration. The toilet media...
Stone Tool
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May 12, 2008
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This seems a very good idea and I love the name. Not sure I fully understand the "flush crank". Would it also work without a crank if the drum were sitting on...
Karin
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May 13, 2008
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Wow! That is brilliant. With the price of rice, It's too good an idea to pass up. ... From: Bert Vercauteren <bertvercauteren@...> To:...
saphire bookland
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May 13, 2008
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Karin: It's just a concept..... any source of vibration would work..... the heavies would work their way down and the light "cover material" would rise to the...
Stone Tool
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May 13, 2008
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We have been searching for some good ideas re living off grid as well in near future. Decided against yuppie models like envirolet or sunmar but we were...
Karin
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May 13, 2008
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-Hi I am not convinced it would work well, the density of turds would have to be considerably higher than sawdust for it to "sink" quick enough. The idea I was...
Alan
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May 13, 2008
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... .... very interesting discussion .... I'm excited by the prospect of building the quality of .... our soil with our humanure compost, even though it's .......
Dorian
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May 14, 2008
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Hello, I'm new to this group and new to composting. I made a compost bin out of a 32gal trash can, drilling 1 inch holes all over the can, bottom, and lid. I...
litlrooh123
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May 14, 2008
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The particles of wood shavings are too large. For the indoor loo, you need something finer, like sawdust. But if you use enough cover material, there will be...
Dorothy
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May 14, 2008
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I need to quickly clarify production of the rice on the roof The first crop I got gave me 1.2 kgs per metre square The crop duration is around 120 days I get 3...
vishwanath s
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May 14, 2008
2:56 pm
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No, I haven't read the handbook yet. I found all of my info on the web. [Moderator's note: The Humanure handbook is available free online -...
Have a Nice Day!
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