Urinate on the compost heap to save the planet says the National Trust.
Posted on 11/13/2009 6:47:38 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Men should urinate outside on their compost heaps to help fertilise their gardens and save on flushing the lavatory, the National Trust has urged.
The rather unusual practice is already actively encouraged at stately homes around the country where "pee bales" have been deposited in secluded areas of National Trust gardens to allow male members of staff to relieve themselves.
The Trust, which actively campaigns on climate change, said answering the call of nature outside saves both on water and the energy used in flushing the lavatory.
Urine can also speed up the chemical process in the compost heap, making it a better fertiliser to help grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.
Male urine is better than female urine because it is slightly less acidic.
At Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire up to 20 male staff are being encouraged to use a straw "pee bale" that is then added to the compost heap and eventually spread on the garden and fields.
Rosemary Hooper, Wimpole estate’s in-house 'master composter', who provides composting advice to visitors, encouraged anyone to urinate on their compost heap.
“Most people can compost in some way in their own gardens," she said "Peeing on a compost heap activates the composting process helps to produce a ready supply of lovely organic matter to add back to the garden."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Urinate on the compost heap to save the planet says the National Trust.
Not sure about “saving the planet” ... but it is a great source of nitrates.
I prefer to urinate on photos of Al Bore & Barry Obammy.
Ping.
> Men should urinate outside on their compost heaps to help fertilise their gardens and save on flushing the lavatory, the National Trust has urged.
Don’t waste it on compost heaps: instead pee on the roses. They thrive on the nitrates and will reward your efforts with amazing blooms.
It’s true.
At our getaway home in the remote desert, I usually use the "male bathroom" under a Joshua tree when nature calls. Of course, I do so because I want to put off as long as possible the $25 fee to have a 1,000 gallons of water delivered to my underground cistern.
And to think I always thought I was cheap. Now I realize I'm practically Captain Planet!
I live in the sticks. I go when and where the mood strikes me.
I call it bonding time with the dogs.
And to think how much time I wasted yelling at my young nephews to stop doing that in their back yard and to get into the house. Tsk, tsk. Of course this doesn’t mention anything about sanitation or health risks. We can go back to oozing, stinking ditches down the streets, just like in the middle ages, heck even Victorian days!
Now there’s an idea!
What about getting caught for ‘indecent exposure’? ;-)
Come to think of it, I can think of quite a few other, even better, candidates for this treatment as well. The New York Times... The Los Angeles Times... and others...
As Dave Berry used to say — “You can’t make this stuff up!”
How about night soil? There’s a tradition that was tossed in error, too ...//rolling eyes.
too bad all of my Roses are in my front yard... :P
Urine is too good for those rags.
Don’t brag.:’)
Ok All of you on the Weekly Garden Thread - lets save the planet!
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