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judith
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Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire
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A nice commode, perhaps. |
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ros
Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 1824
Location: Beds
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 11:48 am Post subject: |
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I have a 6 year old boy who is very happy to provide compost peeing services 
He counts it as one of his chores - even though he needs to stand on a bucket to reach the top of the plastic thingy one.
Should I train the dog to pee at a corner of the other heap as well? |
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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 30168
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Lid off the bin, pee in bin, lid back on... Why isn't that practical for a small house? |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11138
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| marigold wrote: |
| I use a bucket in the bathroom. No point in being prissy about it, the compost bin does better with added pee and I'm not going to apply it direct! |
A squatter on your compost, either doing you a favour or looking for a new home. |
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alice
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 973
Location: Orkney
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Himself pees in a container in the shed during the day because he works out there all day anyway.
I'm afraid the compost heaps just have to manage without mine  |
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chicken feed
Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 442
Location: the fens cambs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 11:59 am Post subject: |
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 must train my 3 year old grandson to pee on the compost rather than all over the garden. his favourite thing at the moment is when somone comes to buy a sack of spuds is to drop his trousers and pee all over the garden the good thing is hes so entertaining they keep coming back |
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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 14023
Location: Surrey Heath
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| cab wrote: |
| Lid off the bin, pee in bin, lid back on... Why isn't that practical for a small house? |
I meant the composting loo, rather than a bucket in the bathroom. It's not practical because there's no room in the bathroom for much other than toilet, sink, bath. I've been looking at it, and something could fit under the sink at a push. |
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marigold
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 8123
Location: West Sussex
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Alison's suggestion of using a milk bottle seems like a practical solution if you haven't room for a bucket, or you could buy a proper portable urinal.
I only use my bucket at night once a week or so, and I stand it in the bath when it has pee in it (don't fancy clearing up if I accidentally kick it over in the dark!). Then I nip down the garden and pour it over the compost first thing in the morning. I think "night water" is supposed to be best as it's more concentrated. |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 11335
Location: Bucks
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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You need a gazunder (except, if your house is anything like mine, there is no room under the bed) I wish I could pursuade the dogs to pee on the compost. They don't care who's watching!
I could probably supply several compost bins at the moment! |
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alice
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 973
Location: Orkney
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It's not a privacy problem so much here as trying to hit a target in the teeth of a gale force wind  You know the old saying?.....well.... many a true word..... |
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lottie
Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 4011
Location: ceredigion
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When we had allotments and the only "arrangement" was a bucket in the shed the blackcurrants got alot of nitrogen--now the veg garden is next to the house I'm afraid we are wasting a natural resource.  |
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boisdevie1
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 2273
Location: Northern France
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'm coming to the end of reading the humanure handbook. Before I just peed outside but now I shall try to use a sawdust filled bucket in the house and then empty that onto the compost. |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 11335
Location: Bucks
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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If I empty to chicken bedding onto the compost (which is mainly woodshavings) and pee seperately, would it work just as well?) |
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JohnB
Joined: 09 Jul 2005
Posts: 182
Location: Cold, wet West Wales!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Grauniad Article wrote: |
| logistically, women are counted out of participating |
Why?
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Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: Floating away on a sea of R&S
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent
A. |
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