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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

The solar composter is in AZ somewhere.  When I dig up the specs, I'll post
it.

James knows Sue and Dick of Winona Farms.  They compost humanure.  I believe
they have quit a composting business going.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
>
> Please post any more info you get on this sort of thing. Wetlands are now
> becoming common for cleaning water. Using the "ash" subsequently is
> something that could be useful.
>
> Perhaps you'all will remember John Todd's Living Machine designs. I like
> the one that could be adapted to individual home use, the one that uses
> serpentine channels of certain plants that uptake all the nutrients in
> black water. You then put the plants on the compost pile or bury in the
> garden or use for mulch. In freeze areas you would need to cover the
> "machine" with a greenhouse cover of some type.
>
> Although I like the various designs, frankly, once people can get past the
> yuck response, it is much simpler to just put the humanure around fruit
> trees, berry bushes, etc.