Craptastic

I guess it's a good thing to start one's blog with a controversial subject but i never expected the amount of shit i've gotten from my friends about my composting toilet. Most of it revolves around "does it stink?". Well at first it did. My employees were working here at the Funny Farm when i first started using it 2 weeks ago and they complained to Robin about the smell when they came in to take a crap in the regular toilet. (no, the pussies wouldn't use the composting toilet. they even told her that it would be worthwhile for them to build us an outhouse.) BS! We've got our outhouse in house.
They we right, i must admit, about it smelling bad at first. But after 2 weeks the microorganisms have been feasting on the deposits and the smell has changed from shitty to earthy. Just like a compost pile should.
There have been several people who want to make deposits of their own, especially after my adopted son said anyone who did would get a bratwurt.
So come on out and make your contribution to the life of the Funny Farm if you dare!

An exciting day at The Funny Farm

Today is an exciting day here at the Funny Farm. I built a composting toilet! No' shit you're probalby thinking. Well it has always been a source of great frustration to me that i have had the flush such a valuable resource as feces down a toilet. Well, no more. The toilet is simply a box within which there is a rubbermaid container in which i put some active compost about 4" deep. After taking a dump i'll cover it with wood chips. The feces provides nitrogen and the wood chips provide carbon for the soil microorganisms to eat. When the bin is full we'll give it to the worms to clean up the bad microorganisms. Over time they will turn these tasty meals into rich food for plants. Since many people are not as enlightened as we are we will only use this compost on non-edible crops even though it is perfectly safe.

All the parts of the toilet except the screws are repurposed including the woodchips which were once brush here on the farm.
Another step toward sustainability. Yipppeee!