Ever wondered what the missing ingredient in your compost pile was? Here is an article I just could not resist sharing. I thought that all my male gardening friends in particular would be interested. Evidently peeing on the garden is a great way to contribute to the compost pile and saves water too.
Gardeners at a National Trust property in Cambridgeshire are urging people to relieve themselves outdoors to help gardens grow greener. Read the entire article
Why just my male friends? Well evidently male urine is less acidic than female so is better for the garden.
By the end of the year, it was calculated that the 10 men from the 70-strong garden and estates team will make more 1,000 individual trips to the pee bale, contributing towards the compost for the estate.
The estate said it will have saved up to 30% of its daily water use by not having to flush the loo so many times.
Filed under: Gardening, fun, sustainable living | Tagged: BBC news, Gardening, peeing on the garden
Very nice. You may also be interested in this study from a few years back (link below):
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Human Urine Used to Fertilize Plants
Study Shows Great Source of Nitrogen and Other Minerals
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services news release, a group of researchers in Finland who work at the University of Kuopio’s Department of Environmental Sciences have concluded that human urine is an essential fertilizer.
The new study has found that those who cannot afford to buy fertilizer for vegetable gardens can use their own urine which has proven to be deemed safe by scientists. Scientist, Helvi Heinonen-Tanski states, “Urine is a valuable fertilizer which poor people could use to increase yields
Human Urine Used to Fertilize Plants
and not contaminate their environment. It is a resource, not a pollutant, if correctly managed”.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/409013/human_urine_used_to_fertilize_plants.html
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Peace,
@kragtbakker
There was an article in the newspaper about this (very old) idea a few weeks ago, and when I wrote about it on my blog, my daughter came down from upstairs and said: I hope you’re not doing that on OUR garden…