Janet Baraclough wrote:

Ah, but my instinct related from the degree to which pro-pee postings
had a tone of gleeful proclamation and some people seemed eager to
repeat the exercise as if the scent of their last posting had faded
away.

I think it's just that this is one of many topics that have come up
regularly for over a decade
Just like worms for the compost bin, there's only so much to be said
and some have been saying it a long while.

I've found the thread interesting and entertaining,
and I'd like to think that pee does help compost,
but I haven't seen any evidence that it does.

Which constituent of urine is supposed to accelerate composting?

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Timothy Murphy wrote:

Which constituent of urine is supposed to accelerate composting?

The urea. It's a highly nitrogenous chemical (actually the first
organic compound to be synthesised - I thought you would want to
know), and is sold commercially as a nitrogenous fertiliser. Many
bacteria can use it to build proteins - consider it a bit like a
beefsteak for bacteria :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Nov 14, 10:41*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Janet Baraclough wrote:
Ah, but my instinct related from the degree to which pro-pee postings
had a tone of gleeful proclamation and some people seemed eager to
repeat the exercise as if the scent of their last posting had faded
away.

* *I think it's just that this is one of many topics that have come up
regularly for over a decade
Just like worms for the compost bin, *there's only so much to be said
and some have been saying it a long while.

I've found the thread interesting and entertaining,
and I'd like to think that pee does help compost,
but I haven't seen any evidence that it does.

Which constituent of urine is supposed to accelerate composting?

--
Timothy Murphy *
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Urea Tim. I'm too civilised to actually perch on top of a heap, I
mean, what Lady would ? :-) I do use urine on the compost heap but I
would not actually be perched on it, heaven forbid :-)

Judith

Ah Judith you live in France so you must be doing far worse things than
peeing on your compost heap.

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Ah Judith you live in France so you must be doing far worse things than
peeing on your compost heap.

I expect you're a troll, but I have to agree.

Escargots? Yukk!

Frog legs? EWWWW!

Paté de Foie Gras? Shame on you!

The practice of force-feeding geese to enlarge their livers dates back
to at least 400 B.C. Egyptian hieroglyphics depict slaves force-feeding
geese to enlarge the livers.

French chef Jean-Joseph Clause is credited for creating and popularizing
pâté de foie gras in 1779.
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Gordon H
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On Nov 23, 4:43*pm, Gordon H
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writesAh Judith you live in France so you must be doing far worse things than
peeing on your compost heap.

I expect you're a troll, but I have to agree.

Escargots? * * *Yukk!

Frog legs? * * * EWWWW!

Paté de Foie Gras? * * *Shame on you!

The practice of force-feeding geese to enlarge their livers dates back
to at least 400 B.C. Egyptian hieroglyphics depict slaves force-feeding
geese to enlarge the livers.

French chef Jean-Joseph Clause is credited for creating and popularizing
pâté de foie gras in 1779.
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Gordon H
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He is not a troll and I suggest you make your comments in a cookery
group.

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Gordon H wrote:

Escargots? * * *Yukk!
Frog legs? * * * EWWWW!
Paté de Foie Gras? * * *Shame on you!

Not so much the geese, perhaps, but frogs and snails are all
too common in UK gardens...

I have a tiny snail living on my dining room window for the last few
days.
It's too young to die, so I'm studying it.

Frogs and toads have a nasty habit of sneaking under my garage door and
sheltering under the doubtful safety of my car wheels. :-(
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Gordon H
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Gordon H wrote:
In message , Anne Welsh Jackson
writes
Gordon H wrote:

Escargots? Yukk!
Frog legs? EWWWW!
Paté de Foie Gras? Shame on you!

Not so much the geese, perhaps, but frogs and snails are all
too common in UK gardens...

I have a tiny snail living on my dining room window for the last few days.
It's too young to die, so I'm studying it.

Frogs and toads have a nasty habit of sneaking under my garage door and
sheltering under the doubtful safety of my car wheels. :-(

We had a frog in the kitchen last night, the dogs went berserk. No frogs
were harmed in the making of this post.
It was returned to the garden safe and sound, with legs intact.

Bobbie

On Nov 23, 11:41*am, wrote:
Ah Judith you live in France so you must be doing far worse things than
peeing on your compost heap.

Hi Ed, I, personally am not up to much but I have noticed that French
men pee where and when they like, alongside motorways, anywhere, that
took some getting used to but we ladie don't do things like that :-)