The transformation of waste is perhaps the oldest pre-occupation of man. man being the chosen alloy, he must be reconnected—via shit, at all cost Patti Smith, “25th Floor” from the album “Easter”, 1978 And so it is here on our smallholding. A huge amount of our time seems to be being spent collecting, storing, turning…
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Hot composting and humanure
Having done a survey of the soil in our garden, one of my main aims has been to increase the biological and fungal activity in the soil. For this we will need loads, and loads of compost! Hot composting After some research, I decided that the quickest way of doing this would be to make…
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Building a bog
A Mars a day may help you work rest and play, but even the pope needs somewhere to defecate. We want to have a composting toilet, so we can generate some valuable compost to put on the garden. Eugh, I can hear some of you going, but it’s really not like that. It’s all sanitary,…
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