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I also don't think being sick should be an issue, provided you let it sit long enough. Many infectious diseases can be spread by the fecal-oral route, that's why you're not supposed to play with uncomposted poop. It has plenty of bacteria that you don't want to ingest no matter if the person...

Okay, that would make sense. Thanks for the clarification. Luckily, here in Texas I imagine it should go fairly fast.

Nice video. I'm glad they confirmed my reasoning that it works better when collecting the urine separately. I'm just not quite sure why the video puts so much emphasis on using separate humanure compost bins aside from the regular compost. I know it has to sit at last a year, but why can't you...

I adapted the urine part a bit today. I now collect the urine, but at the same time, I also collect dishwater (I let it run into a bucket that stands in the sink) and mix those two buckets together in the watering can and use that directly for the garden. It gives the dish water another use as...

I located a source of free scrap wood that I hope to pick up tomorrow for various small projects. I haven't actually made any money today, but haven't spent any either.

Okay, I decided to start this thread to continue the discussion of humanure that began in the toilet paper roll thread. I'm very interested if anyone has made experience with this, and any tips they might have. I have been interested in the humanure thing for a while and actually kind of...

I'm very interested in the humanure thing. I'll start a new thread to avoid hijacking this one. I don't see a gardening subforum, so I'll start it here under "Trash to Treasure", as it could be seen as a form of recycling.

If you stack up a bunch of tires, they could make the frame for a small compost pile. I remember reading this somewhere.

Sounds like a nice way of doing it. I will also start out using cloth for #1 and toilet paper for #2 and later decide if I want to switch completely. I also just yesterday started saving the results of #1 as garden fertilizer. It feels nice to know I can actually get some use out of my "waste...

Thanks, big brown horse. I've been lurking for about a week before I signed up and already found lots of new inspirations. What a wonderful forum!

Wow, very nice! I really don't have that many, though!

I just compost them. Just started looking into abandoning toilet paper altogether, though, and switching to cloth wipes - one of many inspirations I already found on this site within just a few days.

Actually kind of fun ideas so far. I just googled and found a few more here if anyone is interested (had to copy the list since it didn't let me include the URL): A book wall lamp (actually pretty cool for a study room, library or just a geek like me). Join BookCrossing. Gesso over the pages...

This has been bothering me for a while. I usually trade old books in at used book stores or try to sell them on amazon. However, sometimes there are just some books that truly no longer seem to have any use. Mainly textbooks, of which I have quite a few. I usually try to buy an older edition to...

On reading through this thread, I feel I don't use most of what is mentioned. I'll try a list, but will leave out a bunch that doesn't even occur to me as things you're "supposed" to use. I don't use: - store bought soap. I make my own. - shampoo and conditioner. I use baking soda and vinegar...