HUMANURE COMPOSTING

[rebelcowboysnb]

Grew up with an outhouse on one of the family property's... Sis has a heck of a garden there now...


Nothing wrong with the outhouse but I like my septic tank system.

 

[amorrill]

I would personally never do this, weenie that I am, I deal with enough human poo at work (RN), thankyouverymuch! When I was a kid though, we used to go to a cabin owned my my mom's (then) boyfriend's family that had a composting toilet. It did not stink.

 

[just me]

Good for you! I've recently resumed doing this.

And for the people worried about chemicals in the food they eat and medications getting into they plants they grow -- you put those things in your body, but you're worried about what's left in your waste that will be composted and then added to the soil????? If you're worried about that, you should definitely not be putting those things in your body in the first place.

The Humanure Handbook is the definitive guide.

I don't take any medications, so I don't worry about that. I only recently realized how many chemicals there are in the foods I purchase from the big food industries. I've been canning my homegrown vegies for years. Once I realized how bad the meats I buy are, I started "getting on the ball" with the chickens and the meat rabbits.....So yes, I should defitely not be putting those things in my body.....which is why we do a lot of hunting and such......

 

[hemet dennis]

They are recycling the sewer water in Southern Cal and claim it is potable when done.
The reclaimed water isn't for human consumption.
What concerns me about human compost is the medications that we take and crap out, not to mention the chemicals and other stuff going into the garden. Maybe if you use just your own it would be OK.

 

[Capvin]

One of the best fertilizers that I use for my lawn is Milorganite which is made from the sludge at the sewerage treatment plant in Milwaukee, WI. It is also the favorite fertilizer for golf courses. I like it for the lawn and flowers but I have never used it in my vegetable garden

 

[Onedog]

Yes, Milorganite is made from sewage, which is different from and potentially much more dangerous than humanure (sewage contains chemicals from home and industry, as well as unsafe levels of heavy metals). Fine for lawns and flowers, but I would never use it to grow anything I planned to eat.

 

[chickened]

There are pharmaceutical drugs in sewer water that cannot be filtered out that will kill you if not taken with the proper companion drugs and ones that are lethal with what you may be taking and it does not need be much. The Bible says to bury your waste.

 

[gmendoza]

YEEE GODS PEOPLE!! I am not saying im going skimming with a butterfly net, neck deep into the sewer system of the city.Im saying I will build my OWN composting toilet for ME to use and make MY OWN compost.

JEESUM CROW.

It would be funny though,at the end of the year too see how much compost/waste I made by meself.

 

[hemet dennis]

YEEE GODS PEOPLE!! I am not saying im going skimming with a butterfly net, neck deep into the sewer system of the city.Im saying I will build my OWN composting toilet for ME to use and make MY OWN compost.

JEESUM CROW.

It would be funny though,at the end of the year too see how much compost/waste I made by meself.

Would it take a year for you not to be full of it ?

 

[duckinnut]

YEEE GODS PEOPLE!! I am not saying im going skimming with a butterfly net, neck deep into the sewer system of the city.Im saying I will build my OWN composting toilet for ME to use and make MY OWN compost.

JEESUM CROW.

It would be funny though,at the end of the year too see how much compost/waste I made by meself.

I will most certainly have a burger or steak if you offer but will pass on the garden fresh salad from your backyard.

What are all those yellow specks in your compost pile? Ohhhh... never

mind.