An elder friend of ours commissioned Patrick to build her a new compost toilet. Before it was delivered, Meg records Patrick showing it off. Designed for either sitting or squatting, with a toilet like this you too can close the poop loop.
The humanure workshop Patrick mentions can be found here, which explains what happens after the bucket is full:
We started as fecaphobes and transitioned to fecaphiles. Where are you in your transition?
Great to see your process for processing humanure. Especially how it has evolved over time. Quite different from ours.
We too use humanure in our veggie garden. Perhaps I’ll put together a video on our process too. Problem is it keep evolving…
Thanks Richard, we’d be pleased to see your process.
I always struggle with the idea that as a male I am required or expected to be handy with a handsaw and timber. I have a go, but always produce an inferior product.
Oh that’s a wound, PH. We’re hearing that. However, producing a superior product through your bowels, processing it and then returning it to the earth is significantly more important than possessing building skills. The other way to do it is find a suitable box at the tip and swap something from your gift set with someone who can convert it into a goodly earth-first, water-saving toilet. We have a permie guest from Tanzania visiting today to see our humanure systems and document them to take back to her country. We are looking forward to meeting her.
Beautiful work Patrick! Hopefully, all of us consumer/producers will see as much, preferably more, value in recycling our precious food “residoos” than recycling/rebuying plastic. Obviously, I’d much rather practice the gentle art of producing “black gold” as you are than buy costly fertilizers.
Thank you for helping us renormalize the basic arts of living.
Thank you Amy, we appreciate your kind words and revolutionary zeal!