i like it! My friend uses planer shavings vs the straw as its easier to work with when u do anything to the pile. Also no smell. I would have liked to see the urine diverter inside the mode but thats ok too. Thanks for sharing.

OK I see, New Mexico!

I've been here over 4 years and it's tough.....I love it! I have all the stuff to build and only two arms and legs. Other than my parrot, who tells me I'm gorgeous and he loves me every day, and my little furry dog that just loves to escape and run away in the high desert!

@utopiancow

6 ай бұрын

Are you in New Mexico?

@kathrynralli4557

6 ай бұрын

@@utopiancow rural Nevada.

@kathrynralli4557

6 ай бұрын

@@utopiancow I got some 3/8 inch basalt Rebar, and going to get some pumas from California to make my "grotto"....cave like structure, as well as light weight concrete blocks. You have given me inspiration! Thanks. Stay warm out there. It's 12°f I think tonight.....it was 22°f this day, and the sun was shining. Happy 2024!

I have studied soil science and have a great deal of experience with compost. I can tell you with absolute certainty that human waste will not be 100% safe for growing vegetables using the process you have described. I'm all for keeping human feces out of the waste stream, but making it safe is a lot more complicated than the handbook suggests. For starters, you need to track time at temperature, number of turns and isolate tools used in the process. Making your bin 4 feet in diameter by 4 feet tall will make it a lot easier to control the procees. I recommend keeping your bins at least 150 yards from your home.

@utopiancow

6 ай бұрын

Have you read Joseph Jenkins’ book? I’ve been following his lead for many years. It works.

@utopiancow

6 ай бұрын

I re-read your comment, and would politely suggest that you incorporate a little more historical perspective into your argument. What do you think people have done for thousands of years before they turned human “waste” into a multi-billion dollar industry and codified our society into believing - as you do - that our naturally occurring byproduct is somehow that toxic (“keep it at least 150 feet from your home”). That kind of paranoia exists in the nuclear industry as well, but Galen Windsor (a nuclear scientist in the 40s and 50s debunked that long ago by swimming in and even drinking water from nuclear reactor with no negative side effects). Any kind of fear-based belief seems to nullify the prospect that any alternatives are possible. The truth is that societies had thrived long before plastic septic tanks and processing plants and landfills that are indeed toxic. Jenkins isn’t the only one who has written books on it, others have too and they have been practicing this process for many years. Seriously, if it was as toxic as you believe, I would’ve been dead long ago. I appreciate you taking the time to comment, but would implore you to dig (pun intended) a little deeper.

Second awesome!

Where are you? Im at 6540ft elevation in Rural Nevada.

@utopiancow

6 ай бұрын

We’re at about the same elevation. Lots of snow here, and I really should’ve bought a 4-wheel drive! Oh well. Do you get much snow where you are?

@kathrynralli4557

6 ай бұрын

@@utopiancow Yes we do....months of it. Luckily I do have a four wheel drive. I live 65 miles from the closest town, Tonopah.