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  • From: dward Okun <dward.okun@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] quistions about big dry toilet
  • Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:29:29 +0000

thanks for the reply. i can make a thermophilic compost, thats not problem
but adding 50 gallons of poo to it might be. i would need many compost bins,
that would work i guess. but the people here have the idea of keeping it in
the barrel to breakdown. after the barrel is full they want to keep it in
the sun and what not. if there is straw and what not in there wouldnt that
prevent anorobic compost.
i mentioned the idea of using small buckets, but they would need a whole lot
many people will be using them.

dward

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM, <yarrow@sfo.com> wrote:

> Did you read the Humanure Handbook? Read again!
>
> To use at all, humanure must be hot-composted. If in doubt, spend a
> couple years learning how to successfully make hot compost, and
> *then* incorporate humanure into the hot composting system. Some
> people won't use on crops ever, only on ornamentals. Never
> recommended for leaf or root crops! Others will let it sit 2 years,
> have it tested, then decide.
>
> I don't understand why you need to use a big barrel, but it sounds
> like that would involve anaerobic composting, which is usually not
> recommended.
>
> Urine is a different matter. If collected from healthy people who are
> not taking anything that would harm plants, it can be diluted and
> used immediately (not directly on crops, but for fruit trees etc.).
> Or it can be added to compost pile.
> It can't be separated later; it must be *collected* separately.
>
> At 9:16 PM +0000 11/8/09, dward Okun wrote:
> >i have read the humanure toilet, but he doesnt about using a big barrel. i
> >need to use a big barrel and seperate the urine and poops. how long does
> it
> >need to sit to be ok in the crops? 3 months, 6 months? some people add
> >urine later in the process. what do you think of that?
> >also, i would like to seperate the urine and use it. but i hear it neds to
> >be very fresh. do you have any ideas on that
> >
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