I guess I never put two and two together before. Nature does not create waste. All organism find ways to use the byproducts of the others. Manure is an obvious one, but not something my family would find palatable were I to start using my own poo in the compost heap, nor would they be particularly welcoming of a sawdust bucket sitting next to our standard issue water waster.
Then I came across a few drops of info that made me think...
But what about pee? Diluted 10:1 it has been proven an effective fertilizer. In africa it is finding widespread use. Do I dare keep a jar in the shed to fill for times when fertilizer application is called for? And in between on the compost heap to replenish nitrogen. (we usually end up with a lot of browns from the sunflowers, vines, leaves, etc, but very few greens from the smallish lawn. Might a quick shot of recycled refreshment every morn keep an otherwise slow pile moving?
I'm mischevious by nature, and normally I would giggle at the thought of people dining on my peepee powered vegetables, not because it is unsanitary, but their initial shock. Being a family man though, I do feel a certain need to warn them. After all, isn't part of this whole change in the way we get our food a matter of taking control of exactly what goes into our bodies as much as possible? Who am I to deny them that choice.
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pee on the compost pile! that's what have been known to sneak out and do... The N helps speed up the composting process too.
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