Maybe you’re thinking about buying or building a compost toilet, but you’re not sure if you’re ready to make the leap and part with a lump of cash or spend a lot of time making something.
What if you want to dip your toe in the waterless world of compost toilets and humanure to see if it will work for you, or simply don’t have the budget just yet for that lovely, shiny, all-singing compost toilet.
Updated 27th March 2021 – Originally written Oct 2020 In a basic, simple compost toilet your cover material should do several things: adds a source of carbon, which will work with the nitrogen in the faeces (and urine) to create a balanced mixture for subsequent composting in your compost pile/bin/heap. Getting a good carbon/nitrogen blend…
Mike Basich, based in the USA, is an ex-professional snowboarder turned photographer who fell in love with mountains and snow. Having purchased land, he chose one of the most exposed sites, on the top of a mountain, to build an off-grid tiny home. Designed around the golden ratio principal, the house looks and feels much…
Skimming Pinterest recently, looking for inspiration and other ideas, I saw a very neat ‘tiny house’ in my feed, looking rather resplendent and modern in dark blue and white. Usually, I prefer the rustic look, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this, in the right setting, is rather nice. Following the…
Well, it depends… In the UK, usually you don’t need planning permission because putting up a shed or outbuilding is classed as ‘permitted development’ which allows outbuildings up to a certain size to be built without planning permission. However, do check with your local council – for example where I live, permitted development rights have been revoked,…
Black Dog Carpentry are a small collective of woodworkers and makers based in Devon. They create wagons, furniture, sculpture and other joinery. It was the wagons that first caught my eye, and here we’ll talk about “Joe’s Wagon”. Joe’s wagon was built on a standard trailer chassis. He used a lot of recycled materials, including…