And doesn't it keep deer out of the garden as well?? Tony On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Thomas Shelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 01:02 PM 2/28/2008 -0500, you wrote: > >Hey Tony -- > > > >I'll bet I can "out earthy" you. > > > >We save the urine instead of putting in the waste stream in the first > >place. We store it in 5 gallon pails and then use it for fertilizer. > >...rest deleated... > > Dear Joel, Tony and Friends--Yes, this can be done successfully, and has > been done so for thousands of years. I am planning on doing so myself. I > have heard that some plants are more successfully fertilized with urine > than others. Any opinions on this from the gardeners in the crowd? > > The only problem here is that much human urine is not "organic" in the > sense that we have so many food additives, antibiotics and other > drugs/chemicals in our bodies, due to the prevalence of synthetic > industrial chemicals in our environment, that the urine passed by the > average American would not meet the criteria for "organic", as in "organic > gardening". Now if a person doesn't take any pharmaceuticals and you eat > and drink only organic foods/beverages, this would probably be a > non-issue. My $.02. Tom > > > > > Tom Shelley > 118 E. Court St. > Ithaca, NY 14850 > 607 342-0864 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.myspace.com/99319958 > P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary > > "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the > present > without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own > needs." > > The World Commission on Environment and Development, > Gro Harlem Brundtland > Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 > > MY NOTE: Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as > growth per se is not sustainable. And the term "sustainable" has to mean > "for a very long time" (A. Bartlett). > > "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." Sioux > proverb > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion. Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
