Treebogs

[Rob]

We have decided to buid a Treebog in the woods this year, as a sustainable solution to a waste issue that should provide us with some harvestable resoources too.

Does anyone on here have any experience with Treebogs? If so, what do you think of them and is there anything that we should know before we start

 

[torjusg]

Just curious, what is a treebog?

Torjus Gaaren

 

[Goose]

Just curious, what is a treebog?

Torjus Gaaren

I was wondering too!
http://www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYtreebog.htm
They seem a good idea, I was aware of composting and dry toilets but this seems a brilliant idea not having to move the stuff, even though its not supposed to be smelly, appeals to me

 

[zackerty]

I was having visions of a toilet seat and cistern perched in a high oak tree...

 

[Rob]

The name certainly does leave things open to the imagination

We hold events of all sizes, for individuals and for over 100 people, it will be interesting to see if it all finds a balance.

I will have to make sure that I write a BCUK update after we christen it

 

[torjusg]

Do you have to stop using the bog for a while before you harvest the willows? If you don't want to stand knee high in **** that is?

Torjus Gaaren

 

[Wayne]

Nice design for a difficult problem.


i may give that a go in my woods too.

 

[Trevody]

Not exactly a treebog, but this may give you some interesting reference.

http://www.weblife.org/humanure/default.html

The book is a bit to too in depth, when all you need to know is that as long as you get the carbon/nitrogen ratio about right with the correct moisture content, you will get hot composting sufficient to kill off most human pathogens.

I use this method to compost all my household and garden waste including cooked and uncooked meat and animal offal (mostly rabbit skins etc) and bedding from my chickens, just recently started a new heap that is already at 35oC and I expect to reach 60oC in the next couple of weeks.
It does seem work best adding a little and often, not gone as far composting my toilet waste as yet, but would be very interested to hear how you get on.

Hope this may be of a little help.

Trev

 

[Rob]

I am hoping to be able to harvest without stopping use. Hopefully all will be contained within the straw/willow wall and wont be chasing me round the woods

 

[match]

Scottish Water use a similar system on a much larger scale, in some more remote areas, where sewage treatment plants would be too costly/dificult to build.

All sewage runoff is collected in a lagoon, which is overplanted with either willow, or certain reeds, which then grow and convert the waste to compost, over a period of years, while also draining the water from the waste.

More information here:

http://www.lagoonsonline.com/reedbeds.htm