"Gello" wrote in message hlink.net...
Feces contain plenty of pathogens even in healthy people so applying it to
your soil is a definite health risk -

Even if it is composted and aged for several years?

I suppose it would be more prudent to use it on, say, tomatoes than,
say, carrots. I know dozens of people who compost, but no one waits
several years to use the compost. If one were to start using the
stuff, who is to say that after a while corners will not be cut. I am
the first to admit that total cleanliness is impossible, mice and
birds will visit the garden or compost pile and leave droppings there.
One gives himself a lot of breathing room by using semifresh manure
(all kinds) in places where there is no contact between crop and soil.
As luck may have it, most underground crops, except potatoes which
need cooking anyway, do prefer soil that was manured the year before.
Garlic, beet, carrots, parsnips, radish, all prefer mellower soil
and/or relatively low need for nutrients.


not to mention that it will annoy the
neighbours and they can call down the law on you.

My closest neighbor is a mile away. Don't think they will mind if I walk
out in my "lawn" and deficate in the middle of it.

Just so long as you don't do it the day before your buddies come for a
little football pickup game on the lawn.


Please look at the book "The Humanure Handbook" for a good explimation of
what I am asking about. My original post didn't explain it, sorry. Thank
you.

Gello


Urine OTOH is a rich
source of nitrogen, much less offensive and it is sterile in healthy
people.

David