Comments on: Independence Days Challenge Update http://dogslittleacre.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/independence-days-challenge-update/ my wanderings along the back road towards home... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sueb1997 http://dogslittleacre.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/independence-days-challenge-update/#comment-120 sueb1997 Tue, 27 May 2008 03:03:18 +0000 http://dogslittleacre.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-120 Yes there is, Beany, and thanks for asking! Using a bucket lets me put the urine on my compost pile or (diluted) directly onto the garden, as opposed to flushing it into the septic tank/leach field, which is (of course) downhill from the garden where the fertilizer is most needed. And there's a side benefit -- when the toilet was 'mellowing' most of the time, the bowl tended to get grungy and need cleaning more frequently than when it was flushed every time. But by using a bucket, I'm sidestepping the toilet entirely much of the time, so the toilet bowl now needs fewer cleanings instead of more! Yes there is, Beany, and thanks for asking! Using a bucket lets me put the urine on my compost pile or (diluted) directly onto the garden, as opposed to flushing it into the septic tank/leach field, which is (of course) downhill from the garden where the fertilizer is most needed.

And there’s a side benefit — when the toilet was ‘mellowing’ most of the time, the bowl tended to get grungy and need cleaning more frequently than when it was flushed every time. But by using a bucket, I’m sidestepping the toilet entirely much of the time, so the toilet bowl now needs fewer cleanings instead of more!

]]> By: Beany http://dogslittleacre.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/independence-days-challenge-update/#comment-119 Beany Tue, 27 May 2008 02:35:20 +0000 http://dogslittleacre.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-119 Is there any reason you use a pee bucket over the "letting it mellow" strategy? Is there any reason you use a pee bucket over the “letting it mellow” strategy?

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