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Making my own fertilizer
"Mgr Dry Martini" wrote in message ups.com... One technique promoted by a nineteenth century vicar was the "earth closet". Simply a pan in a box you shit in, then pull a lever to cover in dried earth. It was expected that one would then take the pan out to the midden, empty, and allow to rot. He found this made a highly effective fertiliser, and was less smelly, for self and neighbours than the w.c. and cess pit arrangement it replaced. He proposed this as a cheaper and less wasteful alternative to comventional plumbing. he could recycle the soil 7 times before it became a nuisance. One farmer who experiemented with dump fertiliser grew swedes 1/3 bigger than those which did not use dump fertiliser. rob |
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Making my own fertilizer
One technique promoted by a nineteenth century vicar was the "earth
closet". Simply a pan in a box you shit in, then pull a lever to cover in dried earth. It was expected that one would then take the pan out to the midden, empty, and allow to rot. He found this made a highly effective fertiliser, and was less smelly, for self and neighbours than the w.c. and cess pit arrangement it replaced. He proposed this as a cheaper and less wasteful alternative to comventional plumbing. |
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