Topic: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)

[STEVEB]

all sounds lihe a load of s***t to me.

[teresa]

Oh our outside loo, with the privit bush in frount of it and dad digging it out and yes went on the rhubarb bed, mum would topdress with cow muck just incase anyone came to visit.
 We had the most wonderfull rhubarb going.
Dad said his dad spread it on his frount lawn wiffed for a week but had the greenest lawn in the village.
Son camping with mates would dig a hole and put logs around to sit on. He instisted on loo roll and would topdress with the loose soil, when leaving would just fill the hole in.
I have a bucket in the shed and the wee goes in the compost bin helps to break it down also keeps rats away.
Good for leeks if you drink Newcastle Brown Ale by all accounts, you can chase moles off your plot by pouring it down the runs yes it works.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I used to go in the woods nearby until we got a toilet on the site. You could always use a sheet of newspaper in the shed, wrap it up and bury it. If you're squeamish, get a chemical toilet.

[ninnyscrops]

Well being a Girl Guide on latrine duty in the late 1960's, this post made me titter. Someone has proabably eaten vegetables grown in a field that I camped in somewhere  ;D

[teresa]

and charged the earth called them Organic  ;D

[lewic]

Some great tips here, thanks! Reckon I'll have the best rhubarb in Bristol..

[cambourne7]

why not pick up those recyclible bags the ones made of corn starch and pop in the compost bin???

[lewic]

Hi Cambourne - good idea, that is my plan! Funny how this thread has attracted more views in two days than anything else :o)

[Andy H]

Eat lots of imodium before going to the plot!!! ;D ;D ;D

[petengade]

Didn't they used to stick it on the rhubarb.  Did we really have to have that much information about your toilet habits.

We have custard on our rhubarb.  ;D

[Froglegs]

It's Severn Trent land next to my allotment so i know this is true.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I can't read the article, but I assume it's sewage sludge rather than raw sewage.

[Buster54]

I can't read the article, but I assume it's sewage sludge rather than raw sewage.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=236914&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=

[Lee Marshall]

Have been spending several hours each evening clearing my allotment and occasionally have to answer the call of nature..

Dont mind weeing in a bucket in the shed, but tonight had to do an emergency  No2 in a carrier bag and bury it  :P (good compost I'm sure..apart from the plastic bag!). Does anyone have any tips on how to make a discreet compost loo? Or do you all hang on until you get home?

We have toilets on our site but my 4 year old prefers to sit on a bucket that I fill with grass cuttings (weird I know),  I just bury the lot.

Its actually illegal to put untreated human poo on land that grow crops for health reasons so it no laughing matter really.

[kenkew]

Regarding keeping rats away, I'm told it's only male pee that works.
(Never had a rat on my male run lottie.)
The 'jerry-under-the-bed' contents always went on the rhubarb. That's why people grew it probably. Somewhere to put 'it' without filling up the hole-in-the-ground privvy. Mind you, when planting a new crown it's always a good idea to put a bucket of **** in the hole first.

[Froglegs]

I can't read the article, but I assume it's sewage sludge rather than raw sewage.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=236914&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=

Thanks Buster i have been trying to enlarge that bloody clipping all day :P.
Poo is poo animal or mine it all goes in me compost bin. Severn Trent pump it in to the ground by pipes that go under the fields, but you can allways find the odd self set tomato plant growing at the field side,and considering how the got there in the first place :-X they allways.... taste nice ;) ;D

[Buster54]

[Froglegs]

A bit to complex for me, think i will stick to me black bucket in the shed.