Hi-- I've been lurking a few weeks. This is my first post. We started up our Clivus Multrum M-1 system in our Wisconsin cottage-home for the first time 2 weeks...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 3, 2007 11:12 pm
insectivorous plants in the bathroom. I had some flies so large they were slow flying and I could catch them between two fingers. Sundews, Nepenthes,...
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 4, 2007 2:00 pm
Hi Hermine-- Our cottage is over a 100 years old. We caulk, plug and screen endlessly. I fear it will be impossible to keep some flies from reaching the...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 5, 2007 1:08 am
... my house is so full of holes, medium size snakes come in and stalk the cat-sized rats which also come in. in a sense, flies are the least of my problem....
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 5, 2007 2:13 pm
Thanks for getting back, Hermine. It sounds you and I "enjoy" similar relations & liberties to our living neighbors. Thanks much for the SunMar recipe. I'll...
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Tony
iggly_iguana
Nov 6, 2007 12:34 am
I had an article explaining that some cattle owners are feeding diatomaceous earth to their cattle. It serves two purposes. One, it controls internal...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 6, 2007 12:35 am
... ask him what i have done to be so CURSED. i have trouble composting in the garden, things I put into the compost pile like tangerine peels come out a year...
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Ben Goldberg
plunkatune
Nov 6, 2007 12:36 am
Hi ... It's not entirely uncommon to have fly infestations on inaugural use of the larger CT's. There's a predator / pray balance that needs to establish...
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 6, 2007 2:18 pm
... No food. Just human waste up to this point. ... As best we we can tell using pictures in a modest insect ID book, they are common house flies or possibly...
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 6, 2007 2:19 pm
... Hi Tony-- We're very much at the experimental stage. We'll get some diatomaceous earth and add it with the coffe can of shavings/per week for a while....
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Wretha
treasuregift101
Nov 7, 2007 1:54 pm
Before you eat it, make sure you get food grade diatomatious earth, don't use the kind made for pools and such, it will not work (and may be toxic). Do a...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 7, 2007 1:55 pm
... Diatomaceous earth is very bad to breathe, it is tiny pieces of silica with wee razor sharp edges! nothing is safe. hermine...
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 7, 2007 2:59 pm
Thanks Wretha. We bought the regular stuff from the garden store. I'll search for a source for "food grade" on-line. Not sure I'm ready to eat it quite yet,.....
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 7, 2007 3:00 pm
I see that some people are adding leaves to the systems. As our "bed" is 100% shaved pine, would it make sense to add some humus from under our white pine...
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Ben Goldberg
plunkatune
Nov 10, 2007 7:50 pm
Hi Rob ... It's my understanding that pine needle humus is pretty acidic and doesn't decompose as readily as the shavings. I must have missed the part about...
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Rob Danielson
danielson_rob
Nov 11, 2007 12:41 am
Hi Ben-- Thanks for your input. Clivus doesn't recommend adding anything except their MB100 bacteria along with more shavings. I was speculating that the humus...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 11, 2007 3:40 pm
Sun Mar Users! when you take out the drawer under the drum of the sun mar, what, exactly is in the tray underneath? this is the tray which has a drain in it....
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lisa Early
mamacitarisa
Nov 12, 2007 4:07 pm
Hello, I just bought a compact sun-mar toilet 2nd hand from a couple that rarely /never used it at a cottage. I am wondering how loud these things usually are...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 12, 2007 6:45 pm
... it sounds like a fan. this is what the book says: Fan noisy or damaged in shipping or bearings are beginning to wear if rattling. if it is rattling, it may...
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lisa Early
mamacitarisa
Nov 13, 2007 7:45 pm
THanks for your reponse ...I think it is louder than it should be...although even a fan drives me nuts! but it's louder than a fan Maybe i'll take it apart...
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slim_bs62
Nov 13, 2007 7:56 pm
Usual protacol for deaLING WITH SUN-MAR.......1 pick up SUN- MAR,2.pick up SHOT GUN. 3. pick up SHELLS. 4. trapse deep into woods . 5. aim...
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John Martin
regardingjohn
Nov 13, 2007 8:49 pm
Lisa, Slim, et al, I'd like to chime in that the 4 Sun Mar Excel's that I have had experience with over the past 8 years have all been great, and continue to...
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hermine
xanoid
Nov 13, 2007 9:29 pm
after one removes the composting drawer, WHAT DO YOU FIND IN THE EVAPORATING CHAMBER? is it something you feel would evaporate and not leave behind any residue...
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Kunwar Durg
kdjhansi
Nov 19, 2007 5:20 am
Dear Members HAPPY WORLD TOILET DAY, 19 NOVEMBER, 2007 With Regard's Kunwar D Yadav KUNWAR DURG VIJAY SINGH Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering SV...
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Keithmj
avakeith
Nov 27, 2007 3:22 pm
Hi All..I just had a quick question. I am setting up a humanure toilet and was wondering how you control the ants that it attracts? I set one up outside just...
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Sam Jones
simpleintn
Nov 28, 2007 11:53 am
Keith, As an avid conservationist and social activist I ask myself that question every day and I've come to think that one person CAN make a difference. It may...
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Wretha
treasuregift101
Nov 28, 2007 1:58 pm
... it would do with the smell problem. No smell but bucket was crawling with ants and If I put one in the house it will drive my wife crazy. So how do other...
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Tys Sniffen
tyssniffen
Nov 28, 2007 6:43 pm
Keith, Well, I don't have Florida ants, so maybe I shouldn't respond, but a couple questions, and maybe an answer: Were the ants *inside* the bucket, or just...
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toni reese
slim_bs62
Nov 30, 2007 2:31 am
Wonderful : All so true :) Sam Jones <simpleintn@...> wrote: Keith, As an avid conservationist and social activist I ask myself that question...
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Keithmj
avakeith
Dec 3, 2007 1:21 pm
Hi All..I put the pictures of my Compost toilets in the picture section. The block one is my first setup and is still being used the wood one is the one I just...
