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IrishAyes

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4. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.

Reply to Ace Acme (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 07:41 PM

Nov 2013

But at my age and sex, I'm not about to start peeing outside! Although I know that fresh urine from a healthy human is 'clean', so it can be used as fertilizer and/or pest deterrent.

Do you know how a person could manage urine in the drum? Natural additives? Maybe a fine screen for the barrel bottom? Maybe the vent could exit there?

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Okay, this might be a little offbeat for the group, but... [View all] IrishAyes Jul 2013 OP

I lived in a little cabin in the woods that just used a 55-gallon drum with a plywood top Ace Acme Nov 2013 #1

Sounds good. Did you have sawdust in the bottom, and if so how much? IrishAyes Nov 2013 #2

I vaguely remember using a coffee can full of sawdust or cornhusks per load. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #3

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #4

A wide-mouth apple juice jar is your friend. (Just don't mistake it for apple juice!) Ace Acme Nov 2013 #5