permaculture

[Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>]

We use this same "humanure" bucket system, although presently just  
outside our house in a small shed. This is mostly because our house  
is tiny and has no "bathroom." We do have plans for a "in house" as  
we continue building. As we have a sawmill, sawdust is always readily  
available, but we do need to plan ahead for winter as piles get wet  
and frozen. Our system involves three buckets and a large trash can  
for sawdust. When two buckets are full we use the third for  
collection. This gives us time to empty the two full ones at our  
leisure. Two buckets last a week or more depending on how many people  
are around. An average of 3-4 people have been using this system for  
5 years and we finally are filling a 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. bin which  
we will let compost in place for two years before enriching our  
orchard/pasture with the product. Whenever we empty into the bin we  
cover that with some more sawdust or wood ash. As the humanure is  
always covered by a fresh layer of sawdust. here is no offensive odor  
in the outhouse or near the compost bin. If you haven't read the  
"Humanure Handbook" by Joeseph Jenkins I'd highly recommend it.

Good luck,


Scott Vlaun
Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future

35 Moose Pond Road
Otisfield, Maine 04270
207-739-2409 Studio
207-890-4099 Cell


On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Don wrote:

> My experience of a lady in Tucson Arizona is that a simple box  
> large enouth
> to contain two 5 gallon paint buckets with a bit of room to spare  
> is all you
> need.
> One bucket is used as everyone normally does, poop and pee, plus  
> paper. then
> cover all with sawdust (from the other bucket). when kept covered  
> there is
> no smell. after use I would advise striking a match to comsume all  
> methane
> in the room and for sure no smell.
> now comes the harder part, the full bucket will have to be set  
> outside and
> composted in the bucket for at least a year sometimes two depending  
> on the
> weather. In rainy places keep covered.
> For this one lady it was easy, for a family it would be hard.
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marijana@kneja" <marijana@kneja.hr>
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:55 AM
> Subject: [permaculture] diy compost toilet inside the house
>
>
> > hello permies,
> > have anybody of you made a 'do it yourself ' compost toilet for use
> > inside the house? we builded a bio cleaner for greywater cleanong
> > last year, and we use it now only for the washing mashine waste
> > water. now we want to redirect all the greywater to the cleaner and
> > we need to separate the toilet from the sewage, that's why the
> > compost toilet. we are freaks and want to use recycled materials or
> > find cheap materials. any expirience with this, any schemes of such
> > toilet, expirience with composting of feces with worms ?
> >
> > thax everyone!
> > love
> > Marijana, Croatia
> >
> > www.kneja.hr
> > www.ekosela.org the Balkan Ecovillage Network
> >
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