amusing story.... human waste as fertizler

 
True story....  back in February my main sewerage pipe backed up.  First
indications were
waste water building up in the utility sink in basement.   Even more amazing,
as I tried
to move the washing machine to access the soil stack clean out plug,  it seemed
pretty
heavy.   Opened up the lid to discover the waste water had backed up into the
washing
machine also.  (yuck).

Anyway,  while fixing the problem,   all the waste water was pumped through the
sump
pump into the back yard.  Probably about 20 - 30 gallons or so.

Walking around the back yard yesterday.. I noticed.... the grass is bright green
and looks
very healthy where the waste water went.   Rest of the grass still looks  late
winter
ugly.

True Story.

Peter

 
From sewage -- high metal content.  Use with
care.

 
indications were

as I tried

pretty

washing

sump

green and looks

winter

Not surprising, most of the rest of  the world uses human fertilizer.
We lived in Germany in the 40s and 50s and the "Honey Wagon" was a
common sight (and smell)
Any vegetables had to be washed and sterilized and for many years I
thought salad was supposed to taste like Clorox
--

09=ix

 g'day peter,

well there you go hey a learning experience, it will come attached
with lots of fear hype.

we used a composting toilet for many years used worms to compost the
materila used it in our gardens shared our crops, no one developed
purple skin or a third eye, they never even got sick let alone worse.

anyhow in suburbia there isn't much flexability so it all goes down
the drain.

back in suburbia ourselves now want to do the saw dust bucket method
from humanure. reckon we should be managing all our own waste
responsibly. i bucket my urine for garden use.

On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:58:39 -0400, Peter@yahoo.com wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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