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Title: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lewic on August 15, 2008, 21:53:11
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?





Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: asbean on August 15, 2008, 22:00:30
Bury it (but not the plastic)  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lewic on August 15, 2008, 22:03:55
Yeah but what to do with the plastic? Spose I could drop it off at Tescos carrier bag recycling point........
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: asbean on August 15, 2008, 22:06:20
As long as no-one sees you dropping it off - Ah!!! but it would have your DNA on it, they could trace you that way  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: elvis2003 on August 15, 2008, 22:18:16
would rather have to drive back home than do what you did,all power to you mind!
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Tin Shed on August 15, 2008, 22:20:21
Thank goodness we have toilets on our site :D
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: asbean on August 15, 2008, 22:25:34
I always go before I leave home. I can't wait to get the shed!!!!
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Theplotthickens on August 15, 2008, 22:28:25
Quote from: lewic on August 15, 2008, 21:53:11
Dont mind weeing in a bucket in the shed........


Good for the leeks when diluted @ 10-1(water-wee)  ;)
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lewic on August 15, 2008, 22:37:39
I think I'm gonna have to look on Ebay for a commode. And line it with something biodegradable.. and perhaps a discreet willow fence around it?
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Simon05 on August 15, 2008, 22:41:52
when you have to go you have to go, a bucket is best with a toilet seat over the top, with some water in the bucket its just like a toilet at home, lol , just throw it on the compost it will rot down eventually, the no2 not the plastic bag.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Borlotti on August 15, 2008, 22:54:20
Didn't they used to stick it on the rhubarb.  Did we really have to have that much information about your toilet habits.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: thifasmom on August 16, 2008, 00:28:46
Quote from: lewic on August 15, 2008, 22:03:55
Yeah but what to do with the plastic? Spose I could drop it off at Tescos carrier bag recycling point........
this made me laugh out loud and shout gross at the same time ;D next time use a couple sheets of newspaper then you could bury the lot. i had to do this a few years ago for my two year old daughter and there were no loos around, i shan't say where we were.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: thifasmom on August 16, 2008, 00:35:21
Quote from: lewic on August 15, 2008, 22:37:39
I think I'm gonna have to look on Ebay for a commode. And line it with something biodegradable.. and perhaps a discreet willow fence around it?

what about a portable camping loo.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Baccy Man on August 16, 2008, 03:18:05
Download a free copy of the humanure handbook it gives comprehensive instructions on how to build a composting toilet.

http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure_contents.html
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: ugly gourd on August 16, 2008, 07:53:03
They now do a portable toilet called a nuts box which they sell to people who go to festivals better to google it than me try and explain!!
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lizagrowbag on August 16, 2008, 10:05:55
phewwwwww we have loos at our allotment
hehe
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: kt. on August 16, 2008, 10:40:59
What about putting the bag in a bin for dog waste, as dog walkers are supposed to? ;)
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: thifasmom on August 16, 2008, 12:19:11
this such a weird post  ;D, but it has me googling :-\ here are some links to things i found;
http://www.howethical.com/category/festivals/ (http://www.howethical.com/category/festivals/)
http://www.filthyfox.co.uk/Disposable-Toilet-p-1.html (http://www.filthyfox.co.uk/Disposable-Toilet-p-1.html)
http://www.pmate.co.uk/index.html (http://www.pmate.co.uk/index.html)
http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/10-319530011-B000NLU0EW-Shewee.html (http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/10-319530011-B000NLU0EW-Shewee.html)
http://www.survivalbox.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=48&osCsid=986a452d30812f0d81abef4d5278da57 (http://www.survivalbox.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=48&osCsid=986a452d30812f0d81abef4d5278da57)
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: davyw1 on August 16, 2008, 15:58:49
Will this make 2 pages of talking a load of s£$%e  LOL
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: thifasmom on August 16, 2008, 16:01:15
Quote from: davyw1 on August 16, 2008, 15:58:49
Will this make 2 pages of talking a load of s£$%e  LOL

your post has me ROFL ;D
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: STEVEB on August 16, 2008, 21:20:13
all sounds lihe a load of s***t to me.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: teresa on August 16, 2008, 22:52:34
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.


Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 16, 2008, 23:23:43
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.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: ninnyscrops on August 16, 2008, 23:33:42
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
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: teresa on August 16, 2008, 23:38:59
and charged the earth called them Organic  ;D
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lewic on August 17, 2008, 19:23:09
Some great tips here, thanks! Reckon I'll have the best rhubarb in Bristol..
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: cambourne7 on August 17, 2008, 19:42:08
why not pick up those recyclible bags the ones made of corn starch and pop in the compost bin???
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: lewic on August 17, 2008, 20:09:21
Hi Cambourne - good idea, that is my plan! Funny how this thread has attracted more views in two days than anything else :o)
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Andy H on August 17, 2008, 21:11:42
Eat lots of imodium before going to the plot!!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: petengade on August 20, 2008, 05:33:50
Quote from: Borlotti on August 15, 2008, 22:54:20
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
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Froglegs on August 21, 2008, 13:08:05
It's Severn Trent land next to my allotment so i know this is true.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 21, 2008, 21:40:59
I can't read the article, but I assume it's sewage sludge rather than raw sewage.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Buster54 on August 22, 2008, 19:24:28
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on August 21, 2008, 21:40:59
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=
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Lee Marshall on August 22, 2008, 19:42:23
Quote from: lewic on August 15, 2008, 21:53:11
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.




Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: kenkew on August 22, 2008, 20:08:59
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.
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Froglegs on August 23, 2008, 00:16:24
Quote from: Buster54 on August 22, 2008, 19:24:28
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on August 21, 2008, 21:40:59
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
Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Buster54 on August 23, 2008, 01:38:24
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Title: Re: The call of nature (don't read if easily offended!)
Post by: Froglegs on August 23, 2008, 10:34:04
A bit to complex for me, think i will stick to me black bucket in the shed.